normal and abnormal sperms (IMAGE)

University of Gothenburg

normal and abnormal sperms

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It was found that male mice with no ability to produce the MC2 protein were unable to form the connection between the tail and the head of the sperm and the mice became infertile. The microscope images clearly show the difference in the sperm.

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Kexin Zhang

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