Trajectory variance and autocorrelations within single-sperm tracks as population-level Descriptors of sperm track complexity, predictability, and energy-generating ability

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-228

  Abaigar, Teresa ^a   Barbero, Javier ^b   Holt, William V ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; CASA; Fractal dimension; Sperm assessment; Sperm velocity

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; FRACTALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856971953     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.012302     Document Type: Article

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