Bovine epididymal spermatozoa treatment for in vitro fertilization: Heparin accelerates fertilization and enables a reduction in coincubation time

• Andrielle T. M. Cunha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Biology, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

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• José O. Carvalho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Medicine Department, University of Espírito Santo, Alegre, Brazil

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• Ana L. S. Guimarães,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation School of Agriculture and Veterinary, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

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• Ligiane O. Leme,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Veterinary Medicine Department, University of Espírito Santo, Alegre, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4818-1202

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• Felippe M. Caixeta,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation School of Agriculture and Veterinary, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

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• João H. M. Viana,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, Brazil

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• Margot A. N. Dode

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: margot.dode@embrapa.br

  Affiliations Institute of Biology, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, School of Agriculture and Veterinary, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1096-0457

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