Protamine mRNA ratio in stallion spermatozoa correlates with mare fecundity

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 521-530

  Paradowska Dogan, A ^a   Fernandez, A ^b   Bergmann, M ^a   Kretzer, K ^a   Mallidis, C ^b   Vieweg, M ^a   Waliszewski, P ^a   Zitzmann, M ^b   Weidner, W ^a   Steger, K ^a   Kliesch, S ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Protamines; Seasonal breeding; Semen analysis; Stallion's spermatogenesis; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; PROTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTAMINE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; CYTOPLASM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MARE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; STALLION; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HORSE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORSES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTAMINES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84904694113     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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