Flow cytometry of human spermatozoa
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Histochemistry and Cell Biology
- Vol. 61 (3), 249-254
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00508445
Abstract
Summary Methods are given for the preparation and staining of human spermatozoa for flow cytometric DNA measurements. Using agents for the reductive cleavage of disulfide crosslinks and suitable proteolytic enzymes and effective decondensation of the sperm chromatin and a DNA-proportional uptake of fluorochromes is achieved. Thus reliable and precise measurements of the relative DNA content of human spermatozoa are possible and the two subpopulations of haploid spermatozoa can be distinguished according to the difference in their DNA content.Keywords
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