The boar spermatozoon

Boar Reproduction: Fundamentals and New Biotechnological Trends

Volumn 9783642350498, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-47

  Briz, M ^a   Fabrega A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

CELLULAR COMPONENTS; FERTILISATION; IMPORTANT FEATURES; LIPID PROTEINS; MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCES; PROTEIN DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIALISATION; SPECIALIZED CELLS; SPERM QUALITY; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

EID: 84949179277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35049-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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