Table 5.
Subclustering distribution of sperm kinematic parameters in respective of fertilizing capacity of from Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn roosters at 55 wk of age.
| Breed | Cluster | Sperm kinematic parameters (centroids) |
Fertility (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCL | VAP | ALH | VSL | STR | LIN | WOB | BCF | |||
| RIR | Cluster1 | 55.10 | 38.96 | 16.14 | 25.72 | 0.68 | 0.46 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 86.64 |
| Cluster2 | 63.66 | 45.31 | 18.83 | 26.41 | 0.58 | 0.41 | 0.85 | 0.77 | 91.84 | |
| Cluster3 | 60.48 | 42.90 | 18.08 | 23.45 | 0.55 | 0.38 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 89.01 | |
| WL | Cluster1 | 55.15 | 38.83 | 16.34 | 25.98 | 0.66 | 0.47 | 0.91 | 0.80 | 82.89 |
| Cluster2 | 52.77 | 37.75 | 15.22 | 22.73 | 0.60 | 0.43 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 62.18 | |
| Cluster3 | 65.48 | 47.14 | 19.45 | 26.69 | 0.56 | 0.40 | 0.89 | 0.79 | 94.90 | |
Abbreviations: ALH, amplitude lateral head displacement; BCF, beat cross frequency; LIN, linearity; RIR, Rhode Island Red; STR, straightness; VAP, average path velocity; VCL, curvilinear velocity; VSL, straight line velocity; WL, White Leghorn; WOB, wobble.