A Proper Assessment of Boar Sperm Function May Not Only Require Conventional Analyses but Also Others Focused on Molecular Markers of Epididymal Maturation

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL.3, 2012, Pages 52-64

  Bonet, S ^a   Briz, M D ^a   Yeste, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 84862252808     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2012.02033.x     Document Type: Article

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