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Sperm Gatekeeping: 3D Imaging Reveals a Constricted Entrance to Zebra Finch Sperm Storage Tubules

Females across many internally fertilizing taxa store sperm, often in specialized storage organs in their reproductive tracts. In birds, several hundred sperm storage tubules exist in the utero-vaginal junction of the oviduct, and there is growing evidence that sperm storage in these tubules is sele...

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Autores principales: Mendonca, Tania, Cadby, Ashley J., Hemmings, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Biophysical Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6895713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31733725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.10.038