Interrelationships between apoptosis and fertility in bull sperm

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-26

  Dogan, Sule ^a   Mason, Melissa C ^a,b   Govindaraju, Aruna ^a   Belser, Lauren ^a   Kaya, Abdullah ^c   Stokes, John ^a   Rowe, Dennis ^d   Memili, Erdogan ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alta Genetics Inc   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA damage; Male infertility; Sperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874287836     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2012-068     Document Type: Article

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