Sperm chemotaxis in marine species is optimal at physiological flow rates according theory of filament surfing.

Sperm of marine invertebrates have to find eggs cells in the ocean. Turbulent flows mix sperm and egg cells up to the millimeter scale; below this, active swimming and chemotaxis become important. Previous work addressed either turbulent mixing or chemotaxis in still water. Here, we present a genera...

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Main Authors: Steffen Lange, Benjamin M Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-04-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008826&type=printable