cellular
• sperm are found with the flagellum attached to the head and with heads narrowed and reduced in curvature
• chimeras with a greater percentage of 129 sperm also have a greater percentage of deformed sperm
• DNA in 129 sperm is not as compacted and released more readily than in B6 sperm
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• 129 sperm from chimeras is immotile
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reproductive system
• sperm are found with the flagellum attached to the head and with heads narrowed and reduced in curvature
• chimeras with a greater percentage of 129 sperm also have a greater percentage of deformed sperm
• DNA in 129 sperm is not as compacted and released more readily than in B6 sperm
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• 129 sperm from chimeras is immotile
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infertility
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J:69127
)
• both male and female chimeras produce only non-agouti (B6) offspring
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• sperm derived from spermatogenic cells with one copy of the mutated allele are unable to fertilize eggs
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