Sperm volumetric dynamics during in vitro capacitation process in bovine spermatozoa

Animal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1016-1024

  Garcia Herreros M ^a,b   Leal, C L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE COTOPAXI   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

acrosome reaction; biophysical marker; bovine spermatozoa; sperm capacitation; sperm morphometry

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CYTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; MALE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84929509118     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731115000129     Document Type: Article

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