Flow cytometry for the assessment of animal sperm integrity and functionality: State of the art

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-419

  Hossain, Md Sharoare ^a   Johannisson, Anders ^a   Wallgren, Margareta ^a,b   Nagy, Szabolcs ^a,c   Siqueira, Amanda Pimenta ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, Heriberto ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Quality Genetics   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

animals; fertility; flow cytometry; semen analysis; sperm functionality; sperm intactness; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANDROLOGY; APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FERTILIZATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE FERTILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM FREEZING; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM SELECTION; SPERM SORTING; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEX PRESELECTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79955661158     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.15     Document Type: Review

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