Sperm chemotaxis promotes individual fertilization success in sea urchins

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1458-1466

  Hussain, Yasmeen H ^a   Guasto, Jeffrey S ^b   Zimmer, Richard K ^c   Stocker, Roman ^d   Riffell, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertilization ecology; Gamete interactions; Microfluidics; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; EGG PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; RESACT PROTEIN, SEA URCHIN;

ANIMAL; CELL MIGRATION ASSAY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDICS; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CELL MIGRATION ASSAYS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EGG PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROFLUIDICS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEA URCHINS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84982960835     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.134924     Document Type: Article

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