The oviduct as a complex mediator of mammalian sperm function and selection

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 934-943

  Holt, William V ^a   Fazeli, Alireza ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SPERM DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COPULATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; MEDIATOR; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; OVIDUCTS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78649598304     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21234     Document Type: Article

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