Genetic Sperm Defects

Peter Chenoweth

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    Abstract

    Genetic sperm defects are specific sperm defects, which have been shown to have a genetic mode of transmission. Such genetic linkage, either direct or indirect, has been associated with a number of sperm defects in different species, with this number increasing with improved diagnostic capabilities. A number of sperm defects, which have proven or suspected genetic modes of transmission are discussed herein, with particular emphasis on cattle. These include: 1. Acrosome defects (knobbed, ruffled and incomplete); 2. Head defects (abnormal condensation, decapitated, round head, rolled head, nuclear crest); 3. Midpiece abnormalities ('Dag' defect, 'corkscrew' defect, 'pseudo-droplet' defect); 4. Tail defects ('tail stump' defect, primary ciliary dyskinesia).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)457-468
    Number of pages12
    JournalTheriogenology
    Volume64
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

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