The knobbed acrosome defect in four closely related dogs

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1626-1628

  Santos, Natatlia R ^a   Krekeler, Natali ^a   Schramme Jossen, Anne ^a   Volkmann, Dietrich H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Dog; Fertility; Inbreeding; Knobbed acrosome defect

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOG; GENETICS; MALE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; DOGS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748530300     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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