Atlas of Human Sperm Ultrastructural Morphology
Atlas of Human Sperm Ultrastructural Morphology

Author: Wei-Jie Zhu

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-31

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9811553254

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This atlas provides ultrastructural morphological images of human spermatozoa. Sperm morphology plays an essential role in sperm-oocyte interactions and early embryonic development, and human sperm ultrastructural morphology offers a valuable reference tool for assessing certain etiologies of male infertility and reproductive failure. However, the ultrastructural morphology of human sperm has not been systematically evaluated or thoroughly described in the literature. Using 470 original and unpublished images, the book shows various ultrastructural morphological phenotypes; defects of the sperm head, neck, middle piece, principal piece, and terminal piece; as well as artefacts of sperm ultrastructural morphology and phenomena related to inadequate preparation, demonstrating many sperm phenotypes and surface structural appearances for the first time. As such, it helps researchers and practitioners in andrology, reproductive medicine, and reproductive pathology gain a better understanding of human sperm ultrastructural morphology.

Microscopic Images of Human Sperm, Oocytes and Embryos for Assisted Reproductive Technology Including Embryonic Stem Cells
Microscopic Images of Human Sperm, Oocytes and Embryos for Assisted Reproductive Technology Including Embryonic Stem Cells

Author: Professor Arunachalam Henry Sathananthan

Publisher: Professor Arunachalam Henry Sathananthan

Published: 2014-12-29

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0994216505

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This Epub incorporates 37 years of embodied research at Monash & La Trobe Universities, Melbourne, by the author with his colleagues in Australia and overseas (England, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Italy & Japan).It is a multi-author, visual presentation of the microscopic structure of human oocytes, sperm and embryos in conjunction with clinical IVF and ART and includes embryonic stem cells, a logical extension of ART.Most of the images were taken with electron microscopes (TEM & SEM), light and phase microscopes (LM) and fluorescent microscopes (FM) with diagrams.Both published micrographs (from our atlases and journals) and also original unpublished micrographs are presented. The printed atlases were scanned and new material was provided on PPT, PDF & YouTube for EPub.The aim of this EPub is to make our research available online for clinicians, scientists & students and posterity. A. Henry Sathananthan (Adjunct Professor, Anatomy & Developmental Biology,Medical Faculty, Monash University, Australia)