Rheotaxis facilitates upstream navigation of mammalian sperm cells

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 r...

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Autors principals: Kantsler, Vasily, Blayney, Martyn, Goldstein, Raymond E., Dunkel, Joern
Altres autors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Idioma:en_US
Publicat: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. 2014
Accés en línia:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89836
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8865-2369