Immunological immobilization of detached rabbit sperm tails.
Motile rabbit sperm tails that lack heads are immobilized by antibody plus complement. Accordingly, immunological immobilization may not necessarily require the extensive sperm acrosomal damage previously reported in immobilized normal sperm.
D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D006041:Goats / Q000276:immunology; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*
D000906:Antibodies; D003165:Complement System Proteins