1 The Anatomy & Physiology of Sperm Production in Boars Robert V. Knox Swine Reproductive Extension Specialist Department of Animal Sciences
You don't often think about fertility or the health of your sperm until it comes time to start a family. For the best chances of starting a healthy pregnancy you need to make large numbers of sperm that are good swimmers, and that 'know' how to fertilise the egg when they arrive.
The sperm, a neuron with a tail: 'neuronal' receptors in mammalian sperm Stanley Meizel Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, USA (E-mail: smeizel@ucdavis. edu).
Introduction Semen analysis is the basic and most commonly used test for predicting fertility; however, the standard measurements of sperm concentration, percentage motility, and morphology may not reveal subtle sperm defects.
THE EGG AND THE SPERM: HOW SCIENCE HAS CONSTRUCTED A ROMANCE BASED ON STEREOTYPICAL MALE-FEMALE ROLES EMILY MARTIN The theory of the human body is always a part of a world-picture.. . .
Computer assisted sperm analysis using ImageJ; description of necessary components and use of free software Abstract: Although the efficacy of computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) has been demonstrated for use with a variety of species in assessing male reproductive quality as well as the ...
Part 2 Sperm processing methods 105 Rajasingam S. Jeyendran and X. John Zhang General procedures: sperm washing, treatment, and cryopreservation 111 Rajasingam S. Jeyendran, Andrew A. Ruiz, and X. John Zhang Sperm processing procedures for intrauterine insemination123 Andrew A. Ruiz and ...
Automation of human sperm cell analysis by flow cytometry Fulvio Ferrara, 1 Rita Daverio, 1 Giuliano Mazzini, 2 Pierangelo Bonini, 1 and Giuseppe Banfi
phospholipid ratio as a determinant of the capacitation interval. Proc. Nati Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 78, No. 12, pp. 7560-7564, December 1981 Cell Biology Timing of fertilization in mammals: Sperm cholesterol/ phospholipid ratio as a determinant of the capacitation interval (interspecies ...
Sperm Whales Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima Contributor: Wayne McFee DESCRIPTION Taxonomy and Basic Description The pygmy sperm whale was first described by de Blainville in 1838.