Fig. 1 (IMAGE)

Osaka University

Fig. 1

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Electron microscopic image of a sperm just before completion in the testis. In normal mice, the cytoplasm indicated by the red dashed line is eliminated just before sperm completion. In TSKS-disrupted mice, however, the cytoplasm is not eliminated and sperm with an abundance of cytoplasm are produced, resulting in male infertility.

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2023, Masahito Ikawa, 2023 Shimada et al., PNAS

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