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  • Title: Human spermatozoa penetration to zona-free hamster ova and the volume of sperm cells.
    Author: May JY, Margaliot EJ, Laufer HN, Zuckerman Z, Grover N, Ovadia J.
    Journal: Arch Androl; 1986; 16(2):131-3. PubMed ID: 3741024.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-five infertile men were divided into two groups: those with normal spermograms (15 cases) and those with oligospermia (20 cases). Each semen sample was examined by its penetration into zona-free hamster ova and by an improved Coulter counter apparatus for measuring the volume of spermatozoal head. Both groups were further divided into two subgroups: those with normal (above 15%) and those with abnormal penetration assay (0-10%). The relationship between sperm modal size and sperm cell penetration into hamster ova in both groups--the oligospermic and the normospermic--was calculated and was found to be nonsignificant (correlation index: -0.154). It appears that the inability of some human sperm cells to penetrate the zona-free hamster ova cannot be attributed to the spermatozoal size.
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