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Sperm quality and function tests
Sperm survival
Flagellar function Mitochondrial function
The cytoplasmic component Capacitation
Interaction with the oviductal
epithelium
Interaction with the zona
pellucida
Acrosome reaction Sperm‐egg fusion (HOP‐Test)
Hamster‐ovum‐penetration
Sperm centrosome Chromosomal complement
DNA degradation
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
Nuclear DNA (nDNA)
Assays of chromatin compaction Assays of DNA fragmentation
Detection of DNA fragmentation
Biochemical assays
DNA methylation
Clinical prognostic value of DNA
status tests Assays of sperm RNA
Gene transcripts
Transcript translation products
Sperm proteomics Raman Microscopy
BC 270
Clinical relevance of semen analysis
In the absence of sperm function tests reliably predicting chances for conception, semen analysis remains the most important
surrogate parameter for male fertility...
(... but should only be interpreted in the context of an andrological work‐up of the patient)
BC 117 E
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