reproductive system
• epididymal sperm concentration is (1.7 +/- 1.7) x 106 sperm/ml
• however, testes and seminal vesicle weights are similar to wild-type
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• all sperm have abnormal head and/or tail morphology
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• abnormal sperm tail morphology is observed
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• axonemal profiles lack the associated mitochondrial sheath
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• sperm tails are short
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• abnormally shaped sperm heads are observed
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• abnormal hammerhead nuclear shapes are observed
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• some spermatids display abnormal hammerhead nuclear shapes and tail elongation is impaired
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• immobile sperm
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• sperm fail to fertilize oocytes in in vitro fertilization tests
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cellular
• epididymal sperm concentration is (1.7 +/- 1.7) x 106 sperm/ml
• however, testes and seminal vesicle weights are similar to wild-type
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• all sperm have abnormal head and/or tail morphology
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• abnormal sperm tail morphology is observed
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• axonemal profiles lack the associated mitochondrial sheath
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• sperm tails are short
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• abnormally shaped sperm heads are observed
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• abnormal hammerhead nuclear shapes are observed
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• some spermatids display abnormal hammerhead nuclear shapes and tail elongation is impaired
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• immobile sperm
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