Identification of a sperm cell attribute responsible for subfertility of roosters homozygous for the rose comb allele.

doi:10.1095/biolreprod54.1.168

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Identification of a sperm cell attribute responsible for subfertility of roosters homozygous for the rose comb allele.

Biology of reproduction - 1 Jan 1996

McLean D J, Froman D P

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Fertility, sperm metabolism, sperm filling of oviductal sperm storage tubules (SST), and sperm motility were compared in subfertile roosters homozygous for the rose comb allele (R/R) and fertile controls (r/r or R/r males). As expected, fertility of R/R males was less than that of controls (p < 0...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Chickens
Comb and Wattles
Female
Homozygote
Infertility, Male
Male
Oviducts
Poultry Diseases
Sperm Motility
Sperm-Ovum Interactions
Spermatozoa

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