Scanning electron microscopy of fowl oviducal cells and HeLa and BHK-21 cells incubated with or without fowl spermatozoa in vitro.
The morphology of cells cultured at 41 C with and without fowl spermatozoa was observed with the scanning electron microscope. At the beginning of incubation, abnormal spermatozoa were comparatively few, and spermatozoa were found on the surface of the cultured cells. Morphological alteration of spermatozoa increased with increasing incubation interval and included head and tail coiling with occasional separation of heads from flagella.
D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens; D006224:Cricetinae; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010057:Oviducts; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*