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Methods for the assessment of capacitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Barbara Barboni
Barbara Barboni
Affiliation:
Istituto di Fisiologia, Facoltá di Medicina Veterinaria, University degli di Teramo, I-64020 Nepezzano (Teramo), Italy
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Enjaculated spermatozoa do not have the immediate capacity for ferilisation. Austin (1952) and Chang (1951) first realised that the sperm gain this capacity within the female genital tract. The physiogical changes that make the spermatozoon competent to fertilise were defined as ‘Capacitation’ (Austin, 1952).

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Zygote , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , November 1994 , pp. 367 - 369
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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