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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2006 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 11 | Page No.: 2141-2144
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.2141.2144
Relationship Between Spermatozoa Motility, Egg Size, Fecundity and Fertilization Success in Brown Trout (Salmo trutta fario)
Yusuf Bozkurt and Selcuk Secer

Abstract: In this study, the relationship between spermatozoa motility, egg size, fecundity and fertilization rates were investigated. Sperm and eggs were collected without anesthesia by abdominal massage from brown trout (Salmo trutta fario). Fertilization rates ranged from 35 to 72% and correlated positively with spermatozoa motility (r = 0.333, p>0.05) and egg size (r = 0.749, p<0.05). On the other hand, negative correlation (r = -0.393, p>0.05) was evaluated between fertilization rates and fecundity. Consequently it was determined that increase in spermatozoa motility and egg sizes effect the fertilization success positively in brown trout.

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Yusuf Bozkurt and Selcuk Secer, 2006. Relationship Between Spermatozoa Motility, Egg Size, Fecundity and Fertilization Success in Brown Trout (Salmo trutta fario). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 9: 2141-2144.

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