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The results of an electron microscopy study of the ultrastructural characteristics of stallion spermatozoa in native sperm and after freezing-thawing are given. Changes occurring in spermatozoa under the effect of cryopreservation are shown. Maximum damages are found in acrosomes.
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Original Russian Text ©M.M. Atroshchenko, E.E. Bragina, 2011, published in Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skokhozyaistvennykh Nauk, 2011, No. 2, pp. 51–53.
This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 09-04-13725 ofi-ts).
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Atroshchenko, M.M., Bragina, E.E. Change in the ultrastructure of stallion spermatozoa under the effect of cryopreservation. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 37, 175–178 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367411020029
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