The cryobiology of spermatozoa

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1682-1699

  Benson, J D ^a   Woods, E J ^b,c   Walters, E M ^d   Critser, J K ^e  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b General BioTechnology LLC   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Application; Cryopreservation; Fundamental cryobiology; History; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; AQUACULTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

EID: 84867359412     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.06.007     Document Type: Review

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