Open AccessLow proportions of sperm can bind to the zona pellucida of human oocytes
Author(s) -
D.Y. Liu
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deg456
Subject(s) - sperm , zona pellucida , andrology , human fertilization , insemination , biology , oocyte , semen , incubation , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology , anatomy , biochemistry , medicine
Sperm binding to the zona pellucida (ZP) is required for human fertilization. Under experimental conditions not limited by ZP binding sites, the cumulative numbers of sperm binding tightly to the ZP will asymptote with time to the total number of sperm in the insemination medium capable of binding.
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