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Human sperm rheotaxis: a passive physical process

A long-standing question in natural reproduction is how mammalian sperm navigate inside female reproductive tract and finally reach the egg cell, or oocyte. Recently, fluid flow was proposed as a long–range guidance cue for sperm navigation. Coitus induces fluid flow from oviduct to uterus, and sper...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Zhuoran, Liu, Jun, Meriano, Jim, Ru, Changhai, Xie, Shaorong, Luo, Jun, Sun, Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27005727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23553