High levels of DNA fragmentation in spermatozoa are associated with inbreeding and poor sperm quality in endangered ungulates

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-338

  Ruiz Lopez, Maria Jose ^a   Evenson, Donald P ^b   Espeso, Gerardo ^c   Gomendio, Montserrat ^a   Roldan, Eduardo R S ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered species; Gamete biology; Inbreeding; SCSA; Semen quality; Sperm; Sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ACROSOME; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAZELLA CUVIERI; GAZELLA DAMA MHORR; GAZELLA DORCAS NEGLECTA; GENOME; INBREEDING; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

GAZELLA CUVIERI; GAZELLA DAMA MHORR; GAZELLA DORCAS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77956117085     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.084798     Document Type: Article

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