Mechanisms of sperm storage in the female reproductive tract: An interspecies comparison

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 68-74

  Holt, William V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; REPTILIA;

EID: 80052232241     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2011.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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