The fine structure of the developing spermatids and the mature sperm of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis was investigated. Immature spermatids are found at one end of the tubelike testis, and the mature sperm at the other. The spermatid has a prominent nucleus, with the chromatin clumped at the margin. It also contains a pair of centrioles, located near the nucleus. The cytoplasm is filled with rib...

It is known from genetic analyses that maternal inheritance of cytoplasmic organelles is the rule among plants and animals. Although recognized as one of several possible mechanisms for strictly maternal cytoplasmic inheritance, exclusion of sperm cytoplasm at the time of gametic fusion has remained poorly documented for the flowering plants. In the present investigation, enucleated, cytoplasmi...

The aim of this report has been evaluating protamine content and DNA integrity of two patients with globozoospermia undergoing Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). Semen analysis was carried out according to WHO criteria. Protamine deficiency and DNA fragmentation was assessed using Chromomycin A3 and sperm chromatin dispersion assay respectively. ICSI and chemical activation were carried ...

We have studied the chromosome condensation activity of mouse oocytes that have been inseminated during meiotic maturation. These oocytes remain unactivated, and in those penetrated by up to three or four sperm, each sperm nucleus is transformed, without prior development of a pronucleus, into metaphase chromosomes. However, those penetrated by more than four sperm never transform any of the nu...

PURPOSE We evaluated the impact of varicocelectomy on intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes in infertile men with clinical varicocele. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 242 infertile men with a history of clinical varicocele who underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Of the men 80 underwent prior subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy (treated group 1) and 162 had any grade of clin...

purpose: to assess whether bromocriptine-rebound method (brm) can improve pregnancy   outcomes compared to long protocol after intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles (icsis).   materials and methods: a total of 114 women underwent icsi. pregnancy outcomes and   hormonal data were compared between two groups, i.e. long protocol and brm. ovulatory   women with normal serum prolactin levels were ...

conclusions simvastatin effectively improved hyperandrogenism signs and symptoms in patients with pco, but this effect as a pretreatment regiment was not more expressive than metformin in icsi cycle outcome. patients and methods in this prospective, double blind, randomized clinical trial the efficacy of these drugs was evaluated in 40 women with pco syndrome (20 patients in each group; a: simv...

background: the sperm count and function may be affected by karyotype abnormalities or microdeletion in y chromosome. these genetic abnormalities can probably transmit to the children. objective: in this study, we tried to determine the frequency of karyotype abnormalities and y chromosome microdeletions in severe oligospermic or azoospermic men who fathered sons by icsi. materials and methods:...