Journal of Andrology Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Epididymis
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Table 4. Mean values (±SEM) of corpora lutea (CL), embryos (E), and fertility (F) estimated as the percentage of recovered embryos related to corpora lutea obtained with control samples and selected samples (SS) with (SS+) and without (SS–) capacitating compounds (n = 12 for each type of sample) at a low (LC), medium (MC), or high (HC) sperm concentration (n = 4 for each sample concentration) and inseminated following the 64-hour protocol
    LC
  MC
  HC
  Sample   E   CL   F (E/CL), %   E   CL   F (E/CL), %   E   CL   F (E/CL), %
  Control   5.0 ± 2.2   17.7 ± 3.6 A   27.9 ± 9.8   5.0 ± 1.6   9.4 ± 1.1 E   52.2 ± 15.8   7.3 ± 3.8   8.3 ± 3.8 F   61.0 ± 0.5
  SS+   4.2 ± 1.7   14.0 ± 2.5   33.3 ± 0.5   1.8 ± 0.9 G   6.0 ± 1.7 B   35.2 ± 24.9   6.3 ± 3.5   18.0 ± 3.1 C   39.4 ± 9.7
  SS–   5.5 ± 1.0   12.7 ± 2.2   42.8 ± 5.9   8.5 ± 4.8 H   18.0 ± 6.6 C   45.0 ± 4.6   10.5 ± 5.5 H   20.5 ± 3.5 D   57.5 ± 6.6
  Total   5.1 ± 0.8   14.5 ± 1.6   36.0 ± 4.7   4.9 ± 1.6   10.8 ± 2.2   45.6 ± 9.8   7.8 ± 2.1   15.0 ± 2.6   52.0 ± 4.2
  * Different letters in columns indicate significant differences at P < .01 (A, B; B, C; B, D) and P < .05 (A, E; D, E; D, F; G, H).





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