Relationships between morphology, motility and fertilization capacity in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) spermatozoa

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-397

  Tuset, V M ^a,b   Dietrich, G J ^b   Wojtczak, M ^b   Slowinska M ^b   De Monserrat, J ^c   Ciereszko, A ^b  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c Laboratorio de Analisis Dr Echevarne   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 48249149125     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2008.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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