Spermatozoa

"Spermatozoa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Mature male germ cells derived from SPERMATIDS. As spermatids move toward the lumen of the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES, they undergo extensive structural changes including the loss of cytoplasm, condensation of CHROMATIN into the SPERM HEAD, formation of the ACROSOME cap, the SPERM MIDPIECE and the SPERM TAIL that provides motility.

Descriptor ID	D013094
MeSH Number(s)	A05.360.490.890 A11.497.760
Concept/Terms	Spermatozoa Spermatozoa Spermatozoon Sperm X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Sperm, X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms, X-Chromosome-Bearing X Chromosome Bearing Sperm X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms X-Bearing Sperm Sperm, X-Bearing Sperms, X-Bearing X Bearing Sperm X-Bearing Sperms Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm Sperm, Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms, Y-Chromosome-Bearing Y Chromosome Bearing Sperm Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms Y-Bearing Sperm Sperm, Y-Bearing Sperms, Y-Bearing Y Bearing Sperm Y-Bearing Sperms

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Anatomy [A]
Urogenital System [A05]
Genitalia [A05.360]
Germ Cells [A05.360.490]
Spermatozoa [A05.360.490.890]
Cells [A11]
Germ Cells [A11.497]
Spermatozoa [A11.497.760]

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Bar chart showing 139 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	7	1	8
1997	2	1	3
1998	3	2	5
1999	4	1	5
2000	4	2	6
2001	2	2	4
2002	7	0	7
2003	3	0	3
2004	6	2	8
2005	7	0	7
2006	5	0	5
2007	8	1	9
2008	5	0	5
2009	2	4	6
2010	5	1	6
2011	8	0	8
2012	6	0	6
2013	3	1	4
2014	1	1	2
2015	6	1	7
2016	3	1	4
2017	0	1	1
2018	2	1	3
2019	2	1	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	4	4
2024	1	1	2
2025	2	0	2

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Sadeghi N, Mustoe A, Ross CN, McCarrey JR, Hermann BP. Recovery of high-quality sperm after cryopreservation in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)?. Biol Reprod. 2026 Apr 13; 114(4):1486-1497.

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Holmlund H, Coul?e M, Yamauchi Y, Yarbabaeva B, Tekayev M, Garcia IR, Feudjio OU, de la Iglesia A, Larcombe L, Ellis PJI, Cocquet J, Ward MA. Large-scale transcriptomic analyses reveal downstream target genes of ZFY1 and ZFY2 transcription factors in male germ cells. Cell Death Differ. 2026 Feb; 33(2):392-410.

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Sadeghi N, Uboh N, Ross CN, McCarrey JR, Hermann BP. Best practices for cryopreserving sperm in Nonhuman Primates: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep. 2025 01 31; 15(1):3947.

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Sadeghi N, Mustoe A, Ross CN, McCarrey JR, Hermann BP. Benchmarks defining high-quality sperm in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Andrology. 2025 Sep; 13(6):1530-1540.

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Wang Z, Wang Y, Zhou T, Chen S, Morris D, Magalh?es RDM, Li M, Wang S, Wang H, Xie Y, McSwiggin H, Oliver D, Yuan S, Zheng H, Mohammed J, Lai EC, McCarrey JR, Yan W. The rapidly evolving X-linked MIR-506 family fine-tunes spermatogenesis to enhance sperm competition. Elife. 2024 Apr 19; 13.

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Nguyen H, Ribas-Maynou J, Wu H, Quon B, Inouye T, Walker B, Langaman C, Huang TTF, Ward WS. Low levels of mouse sperm chromatin fragmentation delay embryo development. Biol Reprod. 2023 11 15; 109(5):635-643.

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Yan W, McCarrey JR. All eyes on FOXC2. Elife. 2023 08 10; 12.

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Kirsanov O, Johnson TA, Niedenberger BA, Malachowski TN, Hale BJ, Chen Q, Lackford B, Wang J, Singh A, Schindler K, Hermann BP, Hu G, Geyer CB. Retinoic acid is dispensable for meiotic initiation but required for spermiogenesis in the mammalian testis. Development. 2023 07 15; 150(14).

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Li D, Huang S, Chai Y, Zhao R, Gong J, Zhang QC, Ou G, Wen W. A paternal protein facilitates sperm RNA delivery to regulate zygotic development. Sci China Life Sci. 2023 10; 66(10):2342-2353.

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Ribas-Maynou J, Nguyen H, Valle R, Wu H, Yeste M, Ward WS. Sperm degradation after vasectomy follows a sperm chromatin fragmentation-dependent mechanism causing DNA breaks in the toroid linker regions. Mol Hum Reprod. 2022 08 29; 29(9).

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