Sperm protamine deficiency correlates with sperm DNA damage in Bos indicus bulls

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-378

  Fortes, M R S ^a   Satake, N ^a   Corbet, D H ^b   Corbet, N J ^a   Burns, B M ^a   Moore, S S ^a   Boe Hansen, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine; DNA fragmentation; Sperm protamines; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; PROTAMINE; CHROMATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOS INDICUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OPTIMIZED SPERM PROTAMINE DEFICIENCY ASSAY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE; SPERM CHROMATIN STRUCTURE ASSAY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; GENETICS; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCROTUM; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROTAMINES; SCROTUM; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84899067980     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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