Novel gamete storage

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 719-731

  Dinnyes, A ^a   Liu, J ^a   Nedambale, T L ^b  

^a BIOTALENTUM LTD   (Hungary)

^b Animal Production Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE DRYING; GAMETE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34547619927     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07035     Document Type: Review

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