Drosophila Sperm Swim Backwards in the Female Reproductive Tract and Are Activated via TRPP2 Ion Channels

BACKGROUND: Sperm have but one purpose, to fertilize an egg. In various species including Drosophila melanogaster female sperm storage is a necessary step in the reproductive process. Amo is a homolog of the human transient receptor potential channel TRPP2 (also known as PKD2), which is mutated in a...

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Autores principales: Köttgen, Michael, Hofherr, Alexis, Li, Weizhe, Chu, Kristy, Cook, Stacey, Montell, Craig, Watnick, Terry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21625494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020031

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21625494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020031

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