reproductive system
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• female mice exhibit normal fertility
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• cap-like structure with increased subacrosomal layer and the post-acrosomal sheath in the perinuclear theca
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• despite normal semen characteristics, testis size, and testis weight
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• sperm are unable to fertilize oocytes by in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection
• however, artificial oocyte activation following intracytoplasmic sperm injection restores fertilization
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cellular
• cap-like structure with increased subacrosomal layer and the post-acrosomal sheath in the perinuclear theca
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