reproductive system
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• female mice exhibit normal fertility
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• reduced CatSper calcium channel capacity
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• sperm fail to exhibit hyperactivity unlike wild-type sperm
• however, total progressive sperm motility is normal
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• despite normal testes weight and sperm morphology
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• of eggs of female mice mated with mutant males
• however, intracytoplasmic sperm injection produces fertilization and treatment with ionophore and sperm energy restriction increases fertilization rate
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cellular
• reduced CatSper calcium channel capacity
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• sperm fail to exhibit hyperactivity unlike wild-type sperm
• however, total progressive sperm motility is normal
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