Fertilization and Early Embryonic Development in the Porcine Fallopian Tube

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 245-251

  Brussow K P ^a   Ratky J ^b   Rodriguez Martinez, H ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SWINE; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 58149201222     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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