Maturational changes in motility, acrosomal proteolytic activity, and penetrability of the inner perivitelline layer of fowl sperm, during their passage through the male genital tract

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1100-1109

  Ahammad, Muslah U ^a   Nishino, C ^a   Tatemoto, H ^a   Okura, N ^a   Kawamoto, Y ^a   Okamoto, S ^b   Nakada, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosomal proteolytic activity; Chicken sperm; Halo; Maturation

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAS DEFERENS;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PROTEOLYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 80052270864     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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