Bioenergetics of fish spermatozoa during semen storage

• Published in: Fish physiology and biochemistry Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 607 - 614
• Main Authors: Ziętara, M. S., Biegniewska, A., Rurangwa, E., Swierczynski, J., Ollevier, F., Skorkowski, E. F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adenosine Triphosphate - metabolism; Animal Anatomy; Animal Biochemistry; Animal Physiology; Animals; ATP; Bioenergetics; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Creatine Kinase - metabolism; Culture Media - chemistry; Energy Metabolism - physiology; Fish; Fishes - metabolism; Freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Histology; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase - metabolism; Life Sciences; Male; Morphology; Phosphocreatine - metabolism; Physiology; Rodents; Semen Preservation - veterinary; Species Specificity; Sperm Motility - physiology; Spermatozoa - metabolism; Zoology; Creatine phosphate; Spermatozoa; Carp; Herring; Catfish; Creatine kinase; Adenylate energy charge; ATP

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