Morphometric Characteristics of the Spermatozoa of Blue Fox (Alopex lagopus) and Silver Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- Yij—value of feature
- µ—mean for population
- ai—effect of ith level of factor (species)
- eij—sampling error
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Formula |
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Head length (µm) | L |
Head width (µm) | W |
Head perimeter (µm) | P |
Head area (µm2) | A |
Head ellipticity | L/W |
Head elongation | (L − W)/(L + W) |
Head roughness | 4π(A/P2) |
Head regularity | π(L × W/4 × A) |
Morphometric Parameter | Blue Fox | Silver Fox |
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Head length (µm) | 6.72 a ± 0.47 | 6.33 b ± 0.47 |
Head width (µm) | 4.54 a ± 0.40 | 4.21 b ± 0.44 |
Head perimeter (µm) | 18.11 a ± 0.74 | 17.37 b ± 0.87 |
Head area (µm2) | 21.94 a ± 0.91 | 21.11 b ± 1.16 |
Acrosome area (µm2) | 11.50 a ± 0.78 | 10.92 b ± 0.77 |
Midpiece length (µm) | 12.85 a ± 0.40 | 12.79 a ± 0.43 |
Tail end piece length (µm) | 3.44 a ± 0.28 | 3.28 b ± 0.28 |
Tail length (µm) | 65.23 a ± 1.02 | 65.09 a ± 1.10 |
Acrosome coverage (%) | 52.43 a ± 3.11 | 52.83 a ± 3.99 |
Midpiece coverage (%) | 19.71 a ± 0.59 | 19.65 a ± 0.59 |
Sperm length (µm) | 71.95 a ± 1.11 | 71.42 b ± 1.26 |
Morphometric Parameter | Blue Fox | Silver Fox |
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Ellipticity | 1.49 a ± 0.15 | 1.52 a ± 0.19 |
Elongation | 0.19 a ± 0.05 | 0.20 a ± 0.06 |
Roughness | 0.84 a ± 0.07 | 0.88 b ± 0.10 |
Regularity | 1.09 a ± 0.11 | 0.99 b ± 0.13 |
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Andraszek, K.; Banaszewska, D.; Szeleszczuk, O.; Kuchta-Gładysz, M.; Grzesiakowska, A. Morphometric Characteristics of the Spermatozoa of Blue Fox (Alopex lagopus) and Silver Fox (Vulpes vulpes). Animals 2020, 10, 1927. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101927
Andraszek K, Banaszewska D, Szeleszczuk O, Kuchta-Gładysz M, Grzesiakowska A. Morphometric Characteristics of the Spermatozoa of Blue Fox (Alopex lagopus) and Silver Fox (Vulpes vulpes). Animals. 2020; 10(10):1927. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101927
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndraszek, Katarzyna, Dorota Banaszewska, Olga Szeleszczuk, Marta Kuchta-Gładysz, and Anna Grzesiakowska. 2020. "Morphometric Characteristics of the Spermatozoa of Blue Fox (Alopex lagopus) and Silver Fox (Vulpes vulpes)" Animals 10, no. 10: 1927. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101927
APA StyleAndraszek, K., Banaszewska, D., Szeleszczuk, O., Kuchta-Gładysz, M., & Grzesiakowska, A. (2020). Morphometric Characteristics of the Spermatozoa of Blue Fox (Alopex lagopus) and Silver Fox (Vulpes vulpes). Animals, 10(10), 1927. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101927