Effects of genetic captive-breeding protocols on sperm quality and fertility in the white-footed mouse

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 540-548

  Malo, Aurelio F ^a,b,c   Martinez Pastor, Felipe ^b,d,e   Alaks, Glen ^b   Dubach, Jean ^b   Lacy, Robert C ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation breeding; Docility; Genetic adaptation to captivity; Inbreeding depression; Mean kinship; Peromyscus leucopus; Reproductive success; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC CAPTIVE BREEDING; GENETIC LOAD; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PEROMYSCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INBREEDING; LITTER SIZE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

MUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS NOVEBORACENSIS;

EID: 77957596575     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.085316     Document Type: Article

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