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SUBMITTER: Kantsler V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4031982 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kantsler Vasily V Dunkel Jörn J Blayney Martyn M Goldstein Raymond E RE
eLife 20140527
A major puzzle in biology is how mammalian sperm maintain the correct swimming direction during various phases of the sexual reproduction process. Whilst chemotaxis may dominate near the ovum, it is unclear which cues guide spermatozoa on their long journey towards the egg. Hypothesized mechanisms range from peristaltic pumping to temperature sensing and response to fluid flow variations (rheotaxis), but little is known quantitatively about them. We report the first quantitative study of mammali ...[more]