Figure 2

Sperm binding test using unfertilised and fertilised human oocytes. Unfertilised human oocytes recovered after IVF failure (A) and fertilised oocytes with a high fragmentation rate two days after fertilisation (B), were cleared of bound spermatozoa and re-inseminated. After three hours, oocytes were similarly washed by repeated aspiration in a pipette, and the number of spermatozoa bound to the surface was determined under a microscope. Original magnification ×400.