Episodic rolling and transient attachments create diversity in sperm swimming behavior

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Babcock, Donner F ^a   Wandernoth, Petra M ^b   Wennemuth, Gunther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacitation; CASA; Hyperactivation; Sperm competition; Sperm cooperation; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84910058492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-014-0067-3     Document Type: Article

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