Characterization and localization of membrane vesicles in ejaculate fractions from the ram, boar and stallion

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-180

  El Hajj Ghaoui, R ^a   Thomson, P C ^a   Evans, G ^a   Maxwell, W M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOAT; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; GOATS; HORSES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SEMEN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3042803940     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2004.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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