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Table 4 Correlations between cross-sectional areas of the sperm ultrastructures in the base of midpiece and sperm physiology

From: Comparative analysis of mammalian sperm ultrastructure reveals relationships between sperm morphology, mitochondrial functions and motility

Ultrastructures

VSL

ATP content

ODFs

0.22

0.77**

Ax

0.12

0.08

FSa

0.39

0.13

MS

0.79**

0.78**

odf1

0.26

0.8**

odf2

0.12

0.7*

odf3

0.18

0.74*

odf4

0.17

0.73**

odf5

0.24

0.79**

odf6

0.23

0.77**

odf7

0.18

0.72*

odf8

0.18

0.74*

odf9

0.14

0.68*

t-odf area

0.21

0.76**

  1. *P<0.05; **P<0.01. Analyses with autocorrelation between variables were not included in the table. a: the areas of FS indicate the areas of FS in the boundary of midpiece and principal piece. t-odf area = (odf1 + odf2 + odf3 + odf4 + odf5 + odf6 + odf7 + odf8 + odf9) area