Title :
Notice of Retraction
Effects of Atrazine on the Acrosome Reaction of Spermatozoa in Eriocheir sinensis
Author :
Shumei Mu ; Xianjiang Kang ; Yinjian Wu ; Genliang Li ; Zhifu Zhang ; Jikun Tong
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Life Sci., Hebei Univ., Baoding, China
Abstract :
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Atrazine is one of the most widely used herbicides in some countries, such as China and the U.S. Its effects on animals are controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the in vitro effects of the herbicide on acrosome reaction (AR) in the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis spermatozoa. The spermatozoa were treated with different concentrations of atrazine (0.001 mg/L, 0.01 mg/L, 0.1 mg/L), and observed by optical microscope at 0 h, 0.5 h, 2 h. The results showed that atrazine inhibited significantly AR at all concentrations.
Keywords :
agrochemicals; cellular biophysics; ecology; Chinese mitten crab; Eriocheir sinensis spermatozoa; U.S; acrosome reaction; atrazine; herbicides; in vitro effects; optical microscope; Animals; Biochemistry; Metals; Microscopy; Optical microscopy; Solvents; Toxicology;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5088-6
DOI :
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5780805
