Investigation on Association of ESR2 polymorphism as a Candidate Gene for Duroc sperm motility and kinematic characteristics

• Main Authors: Yong-dae Jeong (Author), Jin-Young Jeong (Author), Soo-Jin Sa (Author), Ki-Hyun Kim (Author), Eun-Seok Cho (Author), Dong-Jo Yu (Author), Jung-Woo Choi (Author), Hyun-Jun Jang (Author), Jae-Seok Woo (Author), Sungk-won Park (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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For evaluating the boar semen quality, sperm motility (MOT) is an important parameter because the movement of spermatozoa indicates active metabolism, membrane integrity and fertilizing capacity. Estrogen receptors 2(ESR2) is involved in estrogen related apoptosis in cell cycle spermatogenesis, but...