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17 -Estradiol and environmental estrogens significantly affect mammalian sperm function
1 Jan 2003
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BACKGROUND: Compounds with estrogenic activity can affect reproductive function in mammals. This study investigated possible effects of 17beta-estradiol (E(2)) and three weakly estrogenic environmental estrogens on mammalian sperm capacitation and fertilizing ability in vitro. METHODS: Uncapacitated and capacitated mouse sperm suspensions were incubated for 30 min in the presence of E(2), genistein (Gen),...
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