Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 572-583, March 2007

Characterization of human sperm populations using conventional parameters, surface ubiquitination, and apoptotic markers

  • Sandra Varum, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Carla Bento, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Ana Paula M. Sousa, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Carina S.S. Gomes-Santos, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Paula Henriques, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Genetics and Human Reproduction, University Hospitals of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Teresa Almeida-Santos, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Genetics and Human Reproduction, University Hospitals of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Cristina Teodósio, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Histocompatibility Centre of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • Artur Paiva, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Histocompatibility Centre of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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  • João Ramalho-Santos, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: João Ramalho-Santos, Ph.D., Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal (FAX: +351 239 855789).

Received 5 October 2005; received in revised form 21 July 2006; accepted 21 July 2006. published online 21 November 2006.

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 Supported by a grant from the Portuguese National Science Foundation (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, FCT) to J.R.-S. (POCTI/ESP/38049/2001). S.V. and A.P.S. are supported by Ph.D. grants from FCT, Portugal.

PII: S0015-0282(06)04005-2

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1528

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 572-583, March 2007