Male fertility and sex ratio at birth in red deer Montserrat Gomendio, Aurelio F. Malo, Ana J. Soler, Maria R. Fernández-Santos, Milagros C. Esteso, Andrés J. García, Eduardo R. S. Roldan, Julian Garde Reproductive Ecology and Biology Group, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales [Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)], 28006-Madrid, Spain [...]
Functional significance of the sperm head morphometric size and shape for determining freezability in Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) epididymal sperm samples Esteso MC, Soler AJ, Fernandez-Santos MR, Quintero-Moreno AA, Garde JJ Biology of Reproduction Group, Department of Game Resources (IDR), Castilla-La Mancha University (UCLM), Albacete, Spain In the present study, computer-automated sperm head [...]
Role of sialic acid in bovine sperm-zona pellucida binding Velásquez JG, Canovas S, Barajas P, Marcos J, Jiménez-Movilla M, Gallego RG, Ballesta J, Avilés M, Coy P Department of Physiology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain Sperm binding activity has been detected in zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins and it is generally accepted that this [...]
The effect of cryopreservation on sperm head morphometry in Florida male goat related to sperm freezability Hidalgo M, Rodríguez I, Dorado JM Animal Reproduction Group, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Cordoba, Campus Rabanales, Hospital Clínico, Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, Km. 396, 14014 Cordoba, Spain The Sperm Class Analyzer was used to investigate the effect [...]
Immunolocalization and possible functional role of PSP-I/PSP-II heterodimer in highly extended boar spermatozoa Caballero I, Vázquez JM, García EM, Roca J, Martínez EA, Calvete JJ, Sanz L, Ekwall H, Rodríguez-Martínez H Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain PSP-I/PSP-II heterodimer is a major protein of boar seminal plasma [...]
The effects of cryopreservation on the morphometric dimensions of Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) epididymal sperm heads Esteso MC, Fernandez-Santos MR, Soler AJ, Montoro V, Quintero-Moreno A, Garde JJ Grupo de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC, (CSIC, UCLM, JCCM), Campus Universitario, Albacete, Spain Computer-automated sperm-head morphometry was used [...]
Sperm design and sperm function Malo AF, Gomendio M, Garde J, Lang-Lenton B, Soler AJ, Roldan ER Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Reproductive Ecology and Biology Group, José Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain Spermatozoa vary enormously in their form and dimensions, both between and within species, yet how this variation translates into fertilizing [...]
Influence of staining and sampling procedures on goat sperm morphometry using the Sperm Class Analyzer Hidalgo M, Rodríguez I, Dorado J. Reproduction and Obstetrics Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain Computer-assisted sperm morphometry analysis (ASMA) has improved the assessment of sperm morphology, but the results depend on the use of [...]
Sperm DNA fragmentation in a random sample of the Spanish boar livestock C. López-Fernández, B. Pérez-Llano, P. García-Casado, R. Sala, A. Gosálbez, F. Arroyo, J.L. Fernández, J. Gosálvez Unidad de Genética, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Darwin No. 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain A collection of 180 chilled boar semen samples, randomly chosen from [...]
Analysis of the principal components within the morphometric parameters of stallion spermatozoa M Hidalgo, I Rodríguez and J Dorado Animal Reproduction Unit, University of Córdoba, Spain Computer-assisted sperm morphometry systems usually analyse a large number of objective variables, which can be used for classification techniques using statistical modelling procedures. The aim of this study was [...]
