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Decline in fertility of mouse sperm with abnormal chromatin during epididymal passage as revealed by ICSI
21 Jul 2005
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies showed that ICSI with cauda epididymal or ejaculated sperm of infertile mice or men, respectively, was less effective in fertilization and normal embryo development than ICSI using sperm from the testes. These studies suggested that sperm nuclear quality declined after release from the testis, but the site where this loss of fertility occurs has not been localized. METHODS: We performed...
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