Effect of the isolated germinal vesicle of Bufo arenarum oocytes upon spermatozoa.
Bufo arenarum sperm treated with isolated germinal vesicle stopped motility in a few minutes and lost fertilization capacity. Treated with egg water, it recovered motility and was able to fertilize.
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Labotorio de Investigaciones Embriológicas (LABINE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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D000818:Animals; D002022:Bufo arenarum; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D013075:Sperm Capacitation; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions