Male infertility is a major issue worldwide and its causes remain unclear. Now, an international team of researchers led by Hiroki Shibuya at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in ...

Equine spermatozoa are highly specialised cells whose primary function is to deliver paternal genetic material to the oocyte. Structurally, they comprise a head containing the nucleus and acrosome, a ...

Accurate assessment of sperm function is pivotal for optimising outcomes in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Traditional semen analysis—focusing on concentration, motility and ...

Researchers have mapped the spatial distribution of around 700 long non-coding RNAs, otherwise known as lncRNAs, in the testes. The team discovered much higher levels of lncRNAs in the testes than had ...

Ultrastructure expansion microscopy of murine male germ cells reveals the fine molecular structures of centrioles (shown in the enlarged image). DNA is stained in blue, and the chromosome axis in red.