Probes and techniques for sperm evaluation by flow cytometry

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 67-78

  Martinez Pastor F ^a,b   Mata Campuzano, M ^a,b   Alvarez Rodriguez M ^a,b   Alvarez M ^a,b   Anel, L ^a,b   de Paz, P ^a,b  

^a INDEGSAL ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77954069806     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01622.x     Document Type: Article

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