Sperm membrane fatty acid composition in the Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), and common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and its relationship to cold shock injury and cryopreservation success

Cryobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-148

  Miller Jr , R R ^a   Sheffer, C J ^a   Cornett, C L ^a   McClean, R ^b   MacCallum, C ^b   Johnston, S D ^b  

^a HILLSDALE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold shock; Cryogenic; Fatty acids; Kangaroo; Koala; Membranes; Spermatozoa; Sterols; Wombat

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; FATTY ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; HEAD; KANGAROO; KOALA; LIPID COMPOSITION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; VOMBATUS URSINUS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MACROPUS; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; VOMBATIDAE GEN. SP.; VOMBATUS URSINUS;

EID: 4444284988     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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