Fine structure and morphology of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L. 1758) spermatozoa and acrosin localization

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-16

  Psenicka, Martin ^a   Vancova, Marie ^b   Koubek, Pavel ^c   Tesitel, Jakub ^a   Linhart, Otomar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acipenser ruthenus; Acrosin; Acrosome; Morphometric analysis; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME; ANIMALS; FISHES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPERM HEAD; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

ACIPENSER RUTHENUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 57749205450     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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