Dr. Alexander Travis, DVM, PhD explains his latest work on possible etiology of male infertility involving the ability of the sperm plasma membrane to properly interact and respond to the oocyte.

References and Resources
Cross, N. Reorganization of lip rafts during capacitation of human sperm. Biol Reprod. 2004;71(4):1367-1373.

Selvaraj, V., et al. Segregation of micron-scale membrane sub-domains in live murine sperm J Cell Phsiol. 2006;206(3):636-646.

Buttke, D., et al. Visualization of GM1 with cholera toxin B in life epididymal versus ejaculated bull, mouse, and human spermatozoa. Biol Reprod. 2006;74(5):889-895.

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