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SUBMITTER: Wang P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8201849 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Panbing P Al Azad M A R MAR Yang Xiong X Martelli Paolo R PR Cheung Kam Yan KY Shi Jiahai J Shen Yajing Y
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20210601 23
We disclose a peculiar rotational propulsion mechanism of Ray sperms enabled by its unusual heterogeneous dual helixes with a rigid spiral head and a soft tail, named Heterogeneous Dual Helixes (HDH) model for short. Different from the conventional beating propulsion of sperm, the propulsion of Ray sperms is from both the rotational motion of the soft helical tail and the rigid spiral head. Such heterogeneous dual helical propulsion style provides the Ray sperm with high adaptability in viscous ...[more]