Human sperm cooperate to transit highly viscous regions on the competitive pathway to fertilization

Human sperm compete for fertilization. Here, we find that human sperm, unexpectedly, cooperate under conditions mimicking the viscosity contrasts in the female reproductive tract. Sperm attach at the head region to migrate as a cooperative group upon transit into and through a high viscosity medium...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Sa, Riordon, Jason, Lagunov, Alex, Ghaffarzadeh, Mahta, Hannam, Thomas, Nosrati, Reza, Sinton, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10164193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37149719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04875-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10164193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37149719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04875-2

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