Individual variability in post-thaw sperm survival in a captive koala population

Cryobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-74

  Zee, Yeng Peng ^a   Holt, William V ^b   Nicolson, Vere ^c   Pyne, Michael ^d   Johnston, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Dreamworld   (Australia)

^d Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary   (Australia)

Author keywords

ATP; Cryo sensitivity; Cryodamage; Marsupial; Mitochondria; MMP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENERGY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FREEZE THAWING; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; KOALA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; GENETIC VARIATION; GLYCEROL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 67649387972     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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