Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 8 , Pages 1431-1438 , November 2010

Directional freezing as an alternative method for cryopreserving rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) sperm

  • Wei Si

      Affiliations

    • Kunming Institute of Zoology and Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China
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  • Yongqing Lu

      Affiliations

    • Kunming Institute of Zoology and Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Xiechao He

      Affiliations

    • Kunming Institute of Zoology and Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Shaohui Ji

      Affiliations

    • Kunming Institute of Zoology and Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Yuyu Niu

      Affiliations

    • Kunming Institute of Zoology and Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Tao Tan

      Affiliations

    • Kunming Institute of Zoology and Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Weizhi Ji

      Affiliations

    • Kunming Institute of Zoology and Kunming Primate Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, People's Republic of China
    • Kunming Biomed International, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 871 5139413; fax: +86 871 5139413

Received 26 November 2009 ,Revised 15 June 2010 ,Accepted 15 June 2010.

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PII: S0093-691X(10)00333-X

doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.015

Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 8 , Pages 1431-1438 , November 2010

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