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Transcription and Translation in Bovine Spermatozoa

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Transcription and translation in mature, fresh bovine spermatozoa are solely mitochondrial and do not require concurrent transcription or translation of nuclear information.

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PREMKUMAR, E., BHARGAVA, P. Transcription and Translation in Bovine Spermatozoa. Nature New Biology 240, 139–143 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio240139a0

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