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Acrosome reaction of spermatozoa with different morphology *
Author(s) -
Heywinkel E.,
Freundl G.,
Hofmann N.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1993.tb02696.x
Subject(s) - acrosome , acrosome reaction , morphology (biology) , andrology , biology , anatomy , semen , sperm , medicine , zoology
Summary. The acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa with different morphological disturbances was evaluated after application of the triple staining method. After triple staining, spermatozoa which display only a small or an undetectable acrosomal region in Papanicolaoustained semen smears, turn out to be unable to perform an acrosome reaction, whereas merely post‐acrosomally hyperelongated spermatozoa show a normal ability for acrosome reaction.