ATYPICAL CHANGES OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN DURING SPERMIOGENESIS ASSOCIATED WITH A CASE OF INFERTILITY IN THE BULL

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B. L. GLEDHILL
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M. P. GLEDHILL
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R. RIGLER Jr.
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N. R. RINGERTZ
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Summary.

Data presented herein suggest that the normal changes of dnp which occur during spermiogenesis can be arrested or impeded and thereby result in biochemically immature spermatozoa. Possibly, the infertility exhibited by the bull under consideration was the consequence of such a defective (immature) spermatozoal dnp complex.

 

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