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Cooperation of Sperm in Two Dimensions: Synchronization, Attraction and Aggregation through Hydrodynamic Interactions [PDF]
, 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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Human sperm ion channel (dys)function:implications for fertilization [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: Intensive research on sperm ion channels has identified members of several ion channel families in both mouse and human sperm. Gene knock-out studies have unequivocally demonstrated the importance of the calcium and potassium conductances in ...
Barratt, Christopher L. R. +3 more
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Sperm Competition, Sperm Numbers and Sperm Quality in Muroid Rodents
PLoS ONE, 2011 Sperm competition favors increases in relative testes mass and production efficiency, and changes in sperm phenotype that result in faster swimming speeds. However, little is known about its effects on traits that contribute to determine the quality of a whole ejaculate (i.e., proportion of motile, viable, morphologically normal and acrosome intact ...
Maximiliano Tourmente +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.
Pizzari, T. +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Because the total gene copy number remains constant and all genes are normally expressed, carriers of balanced chromosomal translocations usually have a normal phenotype but are able to produce many different types of gametes during meiosis, and ...
Xiaoqi Zeng +6 more
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Gamete evolution and sperm numbers: sperm competition versus sperm limitation [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014 Both gamete competition and gamete limitation can generate anisogamy from ancestral isogamy, and both sperm competition (SC) and sperm limitation (SL) can increase sperm numbers. Here, we compare the marginal benefits due to these two components at any given population level of sperm production using the risk and intensity models in sperm economics. We
Jussi Lehtonen, Geoff A. Parker
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundAir pollution may impair male fertility, but it remains controversial whether air pollution affects semen quality until now.ObjectivesWe undertake a meta-analysis to explore potential impacts of six pollutants exposure during the entire window (
Junjie Liu +5 more
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Sperm Viability Matters in Insect Sperm Competition [PDF]
Current Biology, 2005 Experimental studies in insects have shown how sperm competition can be a potent selective force acting on an array of male reproductive traits . However, the role of sperm quality in determining paternity in insects has been neglected, despite the fact that sperm quality has been shown to influence the outcome of sperm competition in vertebrates .
Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez +1 more
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Psychological and physiological adaptations to sperm competition in humans [PDF]
, 2005 Postcopulatory competition between males, in the form of sperm competition, is a widespread phenomenon in many animal species. The extent to which sperm competition has been an important selective pressure during human evolution remains controversial ...
Goetz, AT, Pound, N, Shackelford, TK
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