Small human sperm vacuoles observed under high magnification are pocket-like nuclear concavities linked to chromatin condensation failure

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-211

  Boitrelle, F ^a,b   Albert, M ^a,b   Petit, J M ^c   Ferfouri, F ^a,b   Wainer, R ^a,b   Bergere, M ^a,b   Bailly, M ^a,b   Vialard, F ^a,b   Selva, J ^a,b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

acrosome; aniline blue; IMSI; MSOME; nuclear concavity; sperm vacuole

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84881155859     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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