Motility of the Spermatozoa of Rainbow Trout, Salmo gairdneri, in Solutions of Various Salinities as Studied by Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 29 (5), 1189-1193
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod29.5.1189
Abstract
Quasi-elastic light scattering (QELS) was used to study the motile properties of rainbow trout spermatozoa. It was possible to make motility evaluations at 10-sec intervals and to use the time course of these evaluations to study the effect of various concentrations of NaCl on motility. Concentrations of approximately 5% by weight were found to best prolong active swimming. Also, it was found that the motility of undiluted samples could be initiated after storage at 4 degrees C for at least 24 h.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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