Sperm storage in the vertebrate female reproductive tract: How does it work so well?

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 713-722

  Holt, W V ^a   Lloyd, R E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Birds; Fish; Mammals; Oviduct; Reptiles; Sharks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77649186969     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.07.002     Document Type: Review

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