Linear and nonlinear mouse sperm motility patterns. A quantitative classification.
Linear and nonlinear mouse sperm motility patterns. A quantitative classification.
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线性和非线性小鼠精子运动模式。
DOI:
10.1002/j.1939-4640.1985.tb00813.x
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发表时间:
1985
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通讯作者:
Olds-Clarke,P
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作者:
Tessler,S;Olds-Clarke,P
A quantitative method is described for distinguishing two types of mouse sperm motility using a new parameter, the Linear Index. One hundred spermatozoa from C57BL/6‐+/+ and 100 spermatozoa from C57BL/6‐tw32/+ mice were used to evaluate this parameter. Spermatozoa were tracked by videomicrography, and the following calculated: net displacement velocity, Vn; curvilinear velocity of the sperm head, Vc; the “average” velocity, Va (a 5‐point moving average of the track); the progressiveness ratio, (Vn/Vc); the curvilinear progressiveness ratio, (Va/Vc); and a linear index, (Vn/Va). Frequency histograms of linear index values were bimodal for both groups and each had a clear antimode at 0.5, separating two discrete subpopulations of spermatozoa. Within each group, “linear” (>0.5) and “nonlinear” (<0.5) tracks differed in all characteristics; between groups, linear spermatozoa were similar and nonlinear spermatozoa differed only in the curvilinear velocity of the sperm head.