Artificially selected human sperm morphology after swim-up processing

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1207-1214

  Vladić, Tomislav ^a   Petersson, Erik ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SLU   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Homo sapiens; Human; Midpiece; Sperm size; Swim up

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAMETE; MALE; SPERM;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84877065162     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z2012-088     Document Type: Article

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