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Influence of partial deletion of the Y chromosome on mouse sperm phenotype.
Journal of reproduction and fertility - 1 May 1991
Styrna J, Klag J, Moriwaki K
Abstract excerpt
Two congenic strains of mice (control, B10.BR/SgSn; mutant, B10.BR-Ydel/Ms with partial deletion of the Y chromosome) were examined. In control males, 22.6% of spermatozoa had abnormal heads; in mutant males, there were 64.2%, the most common being heads with flat acrosomes. Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of mature sperm proteins, followed by acrosin assay and acrosome silver staining,...
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