Simple procedure for sperm cryopreservation in the larvacean tunicate Oikopleura dioica

Zoological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-11

  Ouchi, Kazuaki ^a   Nishino, Atsuo ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

appendicularian; fertilization; larvacean; Oikopleura dioica; sperm cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); CHORDATA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

EID: 78650749696     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.8     Document Type: Article

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