Response to comment on article: Hydrodynamics of sperm cells near surfaces

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2321-2324

  Elgeti, Jens ^a,b   Benjaminkaupp, U ^c   Gompper, Gerhard ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

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EID: 79959729828     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.03.016     Document Type: Editorial

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