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Cooperation of Sperm in Two Dimensions: Synchronization, Attraction and Aggregation through Hydrodynamic Interactions [PDF]
Phys. Rev. E 78, 061903 (2008), 2008 Sperm swimming at low Reynolds number have strong hydrodynamic interactions when their concentration is high in vivo or near substrates in vitro. The beating tails not only propel the sperm through a fluid, but also create flow fields through which sperm
D. M. Woolley +5 more
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By hook or by crook? Morphometry, competition and cooperation in rodent sperm [PDF]
, 2007 Background Sperm design varies enormously across species and sperm competition is thought to be a major factor influencing this variation. However, the functional significance of many sperm traits is still poorly understood.
AH Harcourt +40 more
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Life, 2022 We wish to congratulate Boitrelle and colleagues for their comprehensive critical review on the Sixth Edition of the WHO Laboratory Manual for Human semen examination [...]
Francesco Pallotti +2 more
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2021 Background Published studies have shown contradictory results regarding the relationship between somatometric parameters and varicoceles. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the possible effects of age, height, weight, and ...
Runqing Li +3 more
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Therapeutic Effects of Prolonged Release Melatonin (Circadin) in Patients with Overactive Bladder and Chronic Insomnia in More Than 55 Years Old [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2020 Objectives Bladder storage symptoms including nocturia is the most common cause of sleep disturbance in all age groups. Sleep disturbance is also a main cause of nocturia so that sleep recovery can clinically improve nocturia.
Min Jung Park +5 more
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Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 2006 Thermotaxis--movement directed by a temperature gradient--is a prevalent process, found from bacteria to human cells. In the case of mammalian sperm, thermotaxis appears to be an essential mechanism guiding spermatozoa, released from the cooler reservoir site, towards the warmer fertilization site.
Bahat, Anat, Eisenbach, Michael
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Cryopreservation of single-sperm: where are we today?
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2020 Background Patients with severe oligospermia and nonobstructive azoospermia have very limited numbers of viable sperm in their epididymal and testicular samples. Thus, cryopreservation of their sperm is performed to avoid repeated sperm retrievals and to
Shasha Liu, Fuping Li
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Molecular Analysis of DPY19L2, PICK1 and SPATA16 in Italian Unrelated Globozoospermic Men
Life, 2021 This study aims to evaluate genetic contribution and sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) in a cohort of 18 unrelated globozoospermic Italian men (Group G). Semen samples were assessed according to the WHO 2010 Laboratory Manual and compared with 31 fertile ...
Fabiana Faja +7 more
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Sophisticated sperm allocation in male fowl [PDF]
, 2003 When a female is sexually promiscuous, the ejaculates of different males compete for the fertilization of her eggs; the more sperm a male inseminates into a female, the more likely he is to fertilize her eggs.
Birkhead, T.R. +4 more
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Biomedicines, 2022 Virilization of gender-incongruent subjects to whom were assigned the female gender at birth (AFAB) is achieved through testosterone administration. Inter-individual differences in the timing and acquisition of phenotypic characteristics, even if the ...
Francesco Pallotti +12 more
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