Association between mRNA abundance of functional sperm function proteins and fertility of Holstein bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2007-2019.e2

  Kasimanickam, V ^a   Kasimanickam, R ^a   Arangasamy, A ^a,b   Saberivand, A ^a,c   Stevenson, J S ^d   Kastelic, J P ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Research Center   (India)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bull; mRNA expression; Sire fertility; Sperm; Sperm protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868214220     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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