| With the increasing use of artificial insemination techniques, little importance has been given to seminal plasma, since it is substituted by other diluters. However, natural sexual intercourse would not work without seminal plasma as diluter for spermatozoa in the epididimus. The study of seminal plasma brings important information for the research on diluters, which are made to substitute the forme. Thus, if the seminal plasma composition were known, it would be easier to preserve semen samples, specially those of species that present cryopreservation problems. Beside, knowledge on "fertility markers" that may be present in seminal plasma would be of great importance in the identification of animals of high reproductive value. |
