Comparative study of sperm chromatin condensation in the excurrent ducts of the laboratory mouse Mus musculus and spinifex hopping mouse Notomys alexis

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 611-616

  Bauer, M ^a   Leigh, C ^a   Peirce, E ^a   Breed, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sperm maturation; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BROMOBIMANE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; THIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; STAINING; VAS DEFERENS;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CHROMATIN; DETERGENTS; DISULFIDES; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICE; MURINAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPERMATOZOA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; VAS DEFERENS;

CAPUT; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; NOTOMYS ALEXIS;

EID: 25844451504     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD05027     Document Type: Article

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