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At spawning the spermatozoa of freshwater fish are exposed to an environment of decreased osmotic pressure relative to the seminal plasma. This environmental shock triggers a transient motile phase assuming specific molecular changes. Flow cytometric investigations revealed the permeabilization of a fraction of the sperm cells as a result of the hypo-osmotic shock. The size of the permeabilized...