Comparison of four methods to evaluate sperm DNA integrity between mouse caput and cauda epididymidis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-337

  Pérez Cerezales, Serafín ^a   Miranda, Alberto ^a   Gutiérrez Adán, Alfonso ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA damage; mouse epididymis; sperm chromatin; sperm maturation; the comet assay; the sperm chromatin dispersion test; the sperm chromatin structure assay; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; DISPERSION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; HEAD; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COMET ASSAY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDIDYMIS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84858062388     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.119     Document Type: Article

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