Frenetic activation of fish spermatozoa flagella entails short-term motility, portending their precocious decadence

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 240-279

  Cosson, J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Energetics; Sperm behaviour; Swimming variables; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ION;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FISH; FLAGELLUM; MALE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FLAGELLA; IONS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 76449099466     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02504.x     Document Type: Review

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