Article
Phenotypic assessment of male fertility status in transgenic animal models.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2013
de Kretser David M, O'Donnell Liza
Abstract excerpt
This chapter describes the approach to define the cause of male infertility in a genetically modified male mouse. It provides a guide to the establishment of the infertility status and whether it is due to the failure of mating or due to abnormalities of the sperm output, motility, and morphology. Further assessments define the nature of the spermatogenic defects and their severity and are designed to determine...
Topics
- Animals
- Fertility
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microscopy
- Microscopy, Electron
- Phenotype
- Sperm Count
- Sperm Motility
- Spermatogenesis
- Spermatozoa
- Testis
