Wild-type and defective spermatozoids in autophagy. (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Wild-type and defective spermatozoids in autophagy.

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Autophagy-defective spermatozoids possess a larger number of mitochondria, as opposed to two mitochondria in wild-type spermatozoids. Mitochondria and nuclei are colored green and blue, respectively.

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