Ultrastructure of sperm 'tail stump' defect in wild boar

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-38

  Fischman, M L ^a   Bolondi, A ^b   Cisale, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Semen; Sperm tail abnormality; Tail stump sperm; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FLAGELLUM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; WILD BOAR;

EID: 58449086787     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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