Investigating sperm cryopreservation in a model tunicate, Ciona intestinalis sp. A

Cryobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-49

  Sorrenti, Gerarda ^a   Bagnoli, Anna ^b   Miraglia, Valentina ^a   Crocetta, Fabio ^a   Vitiello, Valentina ^b   Ristoratore, Filomena ^a   Cirino, Paola ^a   Sansone, Giovanni ^b   Sordino, Paolo ^a,c  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Cryopreservation; Dimethyl sulfoxide; Fertilization success; Spermatozoon

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; LIQUID NITROGEN; METHANOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; GAMETE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING; TOXICITY TESTING; IMMERSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LARVA; SELF FERTILIZATION; SPERM PRESERVATION;

CIONA INTESTINALIS;

CIONA INTESTINALIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FERTILIZATION SUCCESS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; LARVA; MALE; OOCYTES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84896735693     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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