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Current status and potential of morphometric sperm analysis
Maroto Morales, Alejandro
García Álvarez, Olga
Ramón Fernández, Manuel
Martínez Pastor, Felipe
Fernández Santos, María Rocío
Soler, Ana J.
Garde López-Brea, Julián
Biologia Celular
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales
Veterinaria
Computer‑assisted sperm morphometric analysis
Mammals
Sperm function
P. 863–870
The spermatozoon is the most diverse cell type known and this diversity is considered to reflect differences in sperm function.
How the diversity in sperm morphology arose during speciation and what role the different specializations play in sperm function,
however, remain incompletely characterized. This work reviews the hypotheses proposed to explain sperm morphological evolution,
with a focus on some aspects of sperm morphometric evaluation; the ability of morphometrics to predict sperm cryoresistance and
male fertility is also discussed. For this, the evaluation of patterns of change of sperm head morphometry throughout a process,
instead of the study of the morphometric characteristics of the sperm head at different stages, allows a better identification of
the males with different sperm cryoconservation ability. These new approaches, together with more studies employing a greater
number of individuals, are needed to obtain novel results concerning the role of sperm morphometry on sperm function. Future
studies should aim at understanding the causes of sperm design diversity and the mechanisms that generate them, giving increased
attention to other sperm structures besides the sperm head. The implementation of scientific and technological advances could
benefit the simultaneous examination of sperm phenotype and sperm function, demonstrating that sperm morphometry could be
a useful tool for sperm assessment.
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2016-12
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2019-04-29T08:35:08Z
2019-04-29
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Asian Journal of Andrology, 2016, vol. 18, n. 6
http://www.ajandrology.com/showBackIssue.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2016;volume=18;issue=6;month=November-December
http://hdl.handle.net/10612/10665
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
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