reproductive system
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• no overt abnormalities in spermatogenesis, epididymal sperm morphology or sperm counts
• the principal piece of the spermatozoa is normal
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• slightly bent in the opposite direction from the acrosome hook and inflexible
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• with fewer spermatozoa reaching the ampulla than in wild-type mice
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• in vitro, spermatozoa fail to fertilize cumulus-intact and cumulus-free zona pellucida intact oocytes
• however, sperm can pass through the cumulus cell layer and bind to the zona pellucida and can fertilize zona pellucida-free oocytes
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cellular
• slightly bent in the opposite direction from the acrosome hook and inflexible
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