Apyrene sperm from the triploid donors restore fecundity of cryopreserved semen in Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1021-1026

  Takemura, Yoko ^a   Sahara, Ken ^b   Mochida, Yuji ^a   Ohnuma, Akio ^a  

^a Institute of Sericulture   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apyrene sperm; Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; Eupyrene sperm; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MOTH; SPERM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; SILKWORM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; POLYPLOIDY; SPERMATOZOA;

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33750367299     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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