Morphological diversity of sperm: A mini review

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 239-242

  Prakash, Seppan ^a   Prithiviraj, Elumalai ^a   Suresh, Sekar ^a   Lakshmi, Nagella Venkata ^a   Ganesh, Mohanraj Karthik ^a   Anuradha, Murugesan ^a   Ganesh, Lakshmanan ^a   Dinesh, Premavathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Evolution; Sperm; Sperm competition; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM SIZE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 84903587740     PISSN: 16806433     EISSN: 20082177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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