Assay for penetrability of frozen-thawed stallion spermatozoa into zona-free hamster oocytes

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 539-544

  Matsukawa, Kazutsugu ^a   Takahashi, Masayoshi ^b,c   Hanada, Akira ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Hamster test; Ionophore A23187; Stallion spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548586558     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.539     Document Type: Article

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