Boar spermatozoa within the uterine environment

Boar Reproduction: Fundamentals and New Biotechnological Trends

Volumn 9783642350498, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-255

  Yeste, Marc ^a   Castillo Martin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Reproductive immunology; Sperm transport; Sperm uterinic cells interaction; Uterine body; Uterine cornua

Indexed keywords

CELL INTERACTION; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERM-UTERINIC CELL INTERACTION; UTERINE BODY; UTERINE CORNU;

EID: 84903638775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35049-8_5     Document Type: Chapter

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