Identification of Sperm Morphometric Subpopulations in Two Different Portions of the Boar Ejaculate and Its Relation to Postthaw Quality
- 12 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Andrology
- Vol. 26 (6), 716-723
- https://doi.org/10.2164/jandrol.05030
Abstract
A statistical approach using sequentially principal component analysis (PCA), clustering, and discriminant analyses was developed to identify sperm morphometric subpopulations in well-defined portions of the fresh boar ejaculate. Semen was ob- tained as 2 portions (the first 10 mL of the sperm-rich fraction and the rest of the ejaculate, respectively) and frozen using a conven- tional protocol. Before freezing, an aliquot was used for computer- assisted sperm morphometry analysis (ASMA). Postthaw quality was evaluated using computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA), and an annexin-V/PI assay evaluated sperm membranes. The PCA re- vealed that 3 variables represented more than 78% of the cumulative variance in sperm subpopulations. The clustering and discriminant analyses, based on 5780 individual spermatozoa, revealed the ex- istence of 4 sperm subpopulations. The relative percentage of these subpopulations varied between boar and ejaculate portions. Linear regression models based on measured morphometric characteristics could account for up to 36% of the percentage of intact sperm mem- branes postthaw. The ASMA protocol used in our study was useful to detect subtle morphometric differences between spermatozoa, and the combination of this analysis with a multivariate statistical procedure gave new information on the biological characteristics of boar ejaculates that is not given by conventional sperm analysis.Keywords
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