Sperm competition, sperm numbers and sperm quality in muroid rodents. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Sperm competition favors increases in relative testes mass and production efficiency, and changes in sperm phenotype that result in faster swimming speeds. However, little is known about its effects on traits that contribute to determine the quality of a
Laura Gómez Montoto +7 more
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Sperm Quality Assessment in Honey Bee Drones
Biology, 2020 The quality of honey bee drone semen is relevant in different contexts, ranging from colony productivity to pathology, toxicology and biodiversity preservation.
Jesús L. Yániz +2 more
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Sperm competition selects for sperm quantity and quality in the Australian Maluridae.
PLoS ONE, 2011 When ejaculates from rival males compete for fertilization, there is strong selection for sperm traits that enhance fertilization success. Sperm quantity is one such trait, and numerous studies have demonstrated a positive association between sperm ...
Melissah Rowe, Stephen Pruett-Jones
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Semen quality and sperm DNA fragmentation in cancer patients undergoing sperm cryopreservation [PDF]
Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2023 Purpose: We compared semen quality and sperm DNA fragmentation in cancer patients who underwent sperm banking and controls who underwent sperm cryopreservation for assisted reproductive technology (ART).
Seung-Hun Song +7 more
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Psychological and physiological adaptations to sperm competition in humans [PDF]
, 2005 Postcopulatory competition between males, in the form of sperm competition, is a widespread phenomenon in many animal species. The extent to which sperm competition has been an important selective pressure during human evolution remains controversial ...
Pound, N, Goetz, AT, Shackelford, TK
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A Sperm Quality Detection System Based on Microfluidic Chip and Micro-Imaging System
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Sperm quality assessment is the main method to predict the reproductive ability of livestock. The detection of sperm quality of livestock is of great significance to the application of artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization.
Xiaoqing Pan +11 more
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Status of Sperm Functionality Assessment in Wildlife Species: From Fish to Primates
Animals, 2021 (1) Background: in order to propagate wildlife species (covering the whole spectrum from species suitable for aquaculture to endangered species), it is important to have a good understanding of the quality of their sperm, oocytes and embryos. While sperm
Gerhard van der Horst
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Glutathione S-transferase Mu 3 is associated to in vivo fertility, but not sperm quality, in bovine
Animal, 2022 In the dairy breeding industry, pregnancy of dairy cows is essential to initiate milk production, so that high fertility rates are required to increase their productivity.
Ferran Garriga +6 more
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The impact of percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration on sperm quality in mice
Reproduction and Fertility, 2023 In laboratory mice, sperm quality is usually assessed in spermatozoa collected from the cauda epididymidis of freshly sacrificed males. Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (PESA) is a non-terminal alternative that would allow repeated sperm ...
Lisa Windhofer +4 more
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IMSI—Guidelines for Sperm Quality Assessment [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2022 Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a widely used and accepted treatment of choice for oocyte fertilization. However, the quality of sperm selection depends on the accurate visualization of the morphology, which can be achieved with a high image resolution.
Krzysztof Lukaszuk +8 more
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