RELATIONSHIPS AMONG MORPHOLOGICAL STATUS, STEROID HORMONES, AND POST‐THAWING VIABILITY OF FROZEN SPERMATOZOA OF MALE MINKE WHALES ( BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA )

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Fukui, Y., Mogoe, T., Jung, Y. G., Terawaki, Y., Miyamoto, A., Ishikawa, H., Fujise, Y., Ohsumi, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1996
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Vasa; Antarc*; Balaenoptera acutorostrata
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00303.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1996.tb00303.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00303.x

A bstract Spermatozoa from 21 mature minke whales ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ) taken in the Antarctic Ocean for Japanese research were recovered from vasa deferentia, diluted 1:9 in a Tris‐based diluent, and frozen at ‐ 80°C on board the vessel. After a period ranging from 45 to 125 d, the samples...