Behavioral mechanisms of mammalian sperm guidance

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 628-632

  Cerezales, Serafín ^a   Boryshpolets, Sergii ^a   Eisenbach, Michael ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

chemotaxis; rheotaxis; sperm behavior; sperm motility; thermotaxis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHEMOTAXIS; MAMMAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVIDUCTS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84973459104     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.154308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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