Flow cytometry as an estimation tool for honey bee sperm viability

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1642-1647

  Rzymski, Piotr ^a   Langowska, Aleksandra ^b   Fliszkiewicz, Monika ^b   Poniedziałek, Barbara ^a   Karczewski, Jacek ^a   Wiktorowicz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Honey bee; Propidium iodide; Semen viability; SYBR14

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859426612     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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