Determination of sperm concentration for small-bodied biomedical model fishes by use of microspectrophotometry

Zebrafish

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Tan, Ereene ^a,b   Yang, Huiping ^b   Tiersch, Terrence R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ORYZIAS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; ZEBRA FISH; DEVICES; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; MALE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ORYZIAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; PISCES; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII;

EID: 77953626030     PISSN: 15458547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2010.0655     Document Type: Article

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