Human round-headed spermatozoa: a quantitative and qualitative cytochemical study on chromatin.
A quantitative and qualitative cytochemical study on human round-headed spermatozoa chromatin(Feulgen-DNA content, basic clear protein content, acid-resistance degree of DNP) was carried out. Feulgen-DNA and basic nuclear protein contents showed in different nuclear classes of various sizes within the whole population a variability of behaviour. Our data suggest the occurrence of meiotic malsegregation events followed by production of aneuploid gametes whose chromatin appears to be more compacted than controls.
D000328:Adult; D002843:Chromatin / Q000032:analysis*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D013077:Sperm Head / Q000473:pathology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology*
D002843:Chromatin; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D004247:DNA