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Sperm mobility: A primary determinant of fertility in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus).
Biology of reproduction - 1 Aug 1999
Froman D P, Feltmann A J, Rhoads M L, Kirby J D
Abstract excerpt
Previous research demonstrated that sperm mobility is a quantitative trait of the domestic fowl. The trait is quantified by measuring the absorbance of an Accudenz solution after overlay with a sperm suspension and brief incubation at body temperature. In the present work, average and high sperm mobility phenotypes (n = 30 males per phenotype) were selected from a base population. Differences were found between...
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