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SUBMITTER: Zhang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4804285 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Zhuoran Z Liu Jun J Meriano Jim J Ru Changhai C Xie Shaorong S Luo Jun J Sun Yu Y
Scientific reports 20160323
A long-standing question in natural reproduction is how mammalian sperm navigate inside female reproductive tract and finally reach the egg cell, or oocyte. Recently, fluid flow was proposed as a long-range guidance cue for sperm navigation. Coitus induces fluid flow from oviduct to uterus, and sperm align themselves against the flow direction and swim upstream, a phenomenon termed rheotaxis. Whether sperm rheotaxis is a passive process dominated by fluid mechanics, or sperm actively sense and a ...[more]