Evidence favoring sperm selection over sperm competition in the interaction between human seminal plasma and sperm motility in vitro

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Jaffe, K ^a   Camejo, M I ^a   Carrillo, T E ^a   Weffer, M ^a   Munoz M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Competition; Human; Selection; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 28844486704     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010500316519     Document Type: Article

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