Using computational modeling to investigate sperm navigation and behavior in the female reproductive tract

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-716

  Burkitt, M ^a   Walker, D ^a   Romano, D M ^a   Fazeli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent; Computational model; Individual; Oviduct; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TRANSPORT; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84856751018     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.11.011     Document Type: Review

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