Journal
THERIOGENOLOGY
Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 210-217Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.02.002
Keywords
Oreochromis niloticus; Sperm motility; Sperm quality; CASA; Sexual genotype; Tilapia
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- FRIA-FNRS (Fonds pour la Formation a la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'agriculture)
- CUD (Commission Universitaire pour le Developpement)
- ULg
- FRS-FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche scientifique, FRFC) [2.4552.11]
- Electrabel-GDF Suez
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In Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), individuals with atypical sexual genotype are commonly used in farming (use of YY males to produce all-male offspring), but they also constitute major tools to study sex determinism mechanisms. In other species, sexual genotype and sex reversal procedures affect different aspects of biology, such as growth, behavior and reproductive success. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of sexual genotype on sperm quality in Nile tilapia. Milt characteristics were compared in XX (sex-reversed), XY and YY males in terms of gonadosomatic index, sperm count, sperm motility and duration of sperm motility. Sperm motility was measured by computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) quantifying several parameters: total motility, progressive motility, curvilinear velocity, straight line velocity, average path velocity and linearity. None of the sperm traits measured significantly differed between the three genotypes. Mean values of gonadosomatic index, sperm concentration and sperm motility duration of XX, XY and YY males, respectively ranged from 0.92 to 1.33%, from 1.69 to 2.22 x 10(9) cells mL(-1) and from 18'04 '' to 27'32 ''. Mean values of total motility and curvilinear velocity 1 min after sperm activation, respectively ranged from 53 to 58% and from 71 to 76 mu m s(-1) for the three genotypes. After 3 mm of activity, all the sperm motility and velocity parameters dropped by half and continued to slowly decrease thereafter. Seven mm after activation, only 9 to 13% of spermatozoa were still progressive. Our results prove that neither sexual genotype nor hormonal sex reversal treatments affect sperm quality in male Nile tilapias with atypical sexual genotype. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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