Sperm morphometric subpopulations are differentially distributed in rams with different maturity age in cryopreserved ejaculates

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-109

  Marti J I ^a   Aparicio, I M ^b   Garcia Herreros M ^c  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Morphometry; Ram; Sexual maturity; Sperm subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 79957717044     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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