Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) spermatozoon decondensation in vitro is not compromised by cryopreservation

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 767-775

  Spindler, Rebecca E ^a,c   Yan, Huang ^b   Howard, JoGayle ^a   PengYan, Wang ^b   Hemin, Zhang ^b   Guiquan, Zhang ^b   Wildt, David E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

^c Toronto Zoo   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEAR; BREEDING; CAT; CHROMATIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; FREEZE THAWING; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 33748788820     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06030     Document Type: Article

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