Semen characteristics of genetically identical male cats cloned via somatic cell nucleus transfer

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 638-644

  Choi, E G ^a   Lee, Y S ^a   Cho, S J ^a   Jeon, J T ^a,b   Cho, K W ^c   Kong, I K ^a,b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Veterinary Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cloned cat; Cloning; In vitro fertilization; Semen cryopreservation; Sperm characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CATS; CLONING, ORGANISM; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; MALE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 76149103532     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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