Sperm Head
"Sperm Head" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The anterior portion of the spermatozoon (SPERMATOZOA) that contains mainly the nucleus with highly compact CHROMATIN material.
| Descriptor ID |
D013077
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.490.890.820 A11.497.760.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Sperm Head- Sperm Head
- Head, Sperm
- Heads, Sperm
- Sperm Heads
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sperm Head" by people in Profiles.
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Yatsenko AN, O'Neil DS, Roy A, Arias-Mendoza PA, Chen R, Murthy LJ, Lamb DJ, Matzuk MM. Association of mutations in the zona pellucida binding protein 1 (ZPBP1) gene with abnormal sperm head morphology in infertile men. Mol Hum Reprod. 2012 Jan; 18(1):14-21.