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Sperm-duct gland content increases sperm velocity in the sand goby

Sperm performance is often tightly linked to male reproductive success. In many demersal gobiid fishes, the male attaches sperm embedded in a mucus produced by sperm-duct glands to the nest substrate before spawning takes place. Sperm are activated as the mucus and embedded gland content dissolve in...

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Autores principales: Green, Leon, Kvarnemo, Charlotta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6451343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30837224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.037994