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Identification and immunolocalisation of melatonin MT1 and MT2 receptors in Rasa Aragonesa ram spermatozoa

Adriana Casao A C , Margarita Gallego B , José Alfonso Abecia A , Fernando Forcada A , Rosaura Pérez-Pé A , Teresa Muiño-Blanco A and José Álvaro Cebrián-Pérez A
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A Grupo Biología y Fisiología de la Reproducción, Instituto de Investigación de Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Miguel Servet 177, 500013, Zaragoza, Spain.

B Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Miguel Servet 177, 500013, Zaragoza, Spain.

C Corresponding author. Email: adriana@unizar.es

Reproduction, Fertility and Development 24(7) 953-961 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD11242
Submitted: 21 September 2011  Accepted: 26 January 2012   Published: 20 March 2012



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