Lysine acetylation modulates mouse sperm capacitation Carla Ritagliati, Guillermina M. Luque, Cintia Stival, Carolina Baro Graf, Mariano G. Buffone & Dario Krapf Laboratory of Cell Signal Transduction Networks, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), CONICET-UNR, Rosario, 2000, Argentina; Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Reproductive Biology, Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME), [...]
CRISPR-Cas9-mediated mutation revealed BSPH2 protein is dispensable for male fertility Eskandari-Shahraki M, Prud'homme B, Manjunath P Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Canada; Departments of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. Abstract: Members of the Binder of SPerm (BSP) superfamily have [...]
Sperm motility assessment using computer assisted semen analysis (CASA): a comparison of standard microscope slides and coverslips and the 20 µm MicroCell™ Callum Robinson, Peter Roberts, Phillip Matson School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia 6027, Australia; Fertility North, Joondalup, Western Australia 6027, Australia Abstract: Computer assisted semen analysis (CASA) [...]
Effects of Cryopreservation on Sperm Subpopulations in Goats Leonardo Hernández Corredor, Omar Camargo Rodríguez, Albeiro Silva Torres, Juan David Montoya Páez, Armando Quintero Moreno Unidad de Investigación en Producción Animal (UNIPA), Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias (FCV), Universidad del Zulia (LUZ), Maracaibo, Venezuela; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia; Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander-SENNOVA, SENA-Norte de [...]
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) sperm revisited: Motility, morphology and ultrastructure of fresh sperm of consecutive ejaculates Gerhard van der Horst, Katarina Medger, Daniela Steckler, Ilse Luther, Paul Bartels University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa; National Zoological Garden, South African National Biodiversity Institute, PO Box 754, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; [...]
CASA in invertebrates Gerhard van der Horst, Monique Bennett and John D. D. Bishop Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, 7535, South Africa; Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Citadel Hill Laboratory, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK Abstract: Sperm movement has been described in several phyla of invertebrates. [...]
Current perspectives of CASA applications in diverse mammalian spermatozoa Gerhard van der Horst, Liana Maree and Stefan S. du Plessis Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa; Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa [...]
The effects of gelatin supplementation prior to cooling on ram semen quality and fertility Anderson Marques Pinto Bandeira; José Eduardo Matos; Alexandre Nízio Maria; Paulo César Falanghe Carneiro; Phillip H. Purdy; Hymerson Costa Azevedo Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil; Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Aracaju, SE, Brazil; Agricultural Research [...]
A novel flush technique to simulate natural dispersal of spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract and expedite motility assessment of fresh ejaculated Merino (Ovis aries) sperm N. H. Boshoff, H. Lambrechts, L. Maree, S. W. P. Cloete, G. van der Horst Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, P/Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa; Department of [...]
Clinical application of the standardisation of computer-assisted sperm morphometry analysis with ASMA (assisted sperm morphometry analysis) using a semen system analyser SCA 5.4 (Sperm Class Analyzer, Microptic) Clara Ramírez, José Ramón Alonso, Pedro Jiménez, Jordi Ramis, Josep María Gris, Carlos Aulesa Unidad de Andrología, Laboratorios Clínicos, Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Servicio de Reproducción [...]
