Sperm guidance in mammals - An unpaved road to the egg
Contrary to the prevalent view, there seems to be no competition in the mammalian female genital tract among large numbers of sperm cells that are racing towards the egg. Instead, small numbers of the ejaculated sperm cells enter the Fallopian tube, and these few must be guided to make the remaining...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2006 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Recursos: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/57585 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/57585 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Capacitation Acrosome Reaction Chemotaxis Chemoattractant Thermotaxis https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Resumo: | Contrary to the prevalent view, there seems to be no competition in the mammalian female genital tract among large numbers of sperm cells that are racing towards the egg. Instead, small numbers of the ejaculated sperm cells enter the Fallopian tube, and these few must be guided to make the remaining long, obstructed way to the egg. Here, we review the mechanisms by which mammalian sperm cells are guided to the egg. |
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