Apoptotic markers can be used to forecast the freezeability of stallion spermatozoa

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-403

  Ortega Ferrusola, C ^a   Macias Garcia B ^a   Gallardo Bolanos J M ^a   Gonzalez Fernandez L ^a   Rodriguez Martinez H ^b   Tapia, J A ^a   Pena F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Equine; Flow cytometry; Freezeability; Mitochondria; ROC curves; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CASPASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAT; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; ROC CURVE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 67650003285     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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