Why so many sperm cells?

Autor: Reynaud, Karine, Schuss, Zeev, Rouach, Nathalie, Holcman, David
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Zdroj: Communicative & Integrative Biology; 2015, Vol. 8 Issue 3, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 0p
Abstrakt: A key limiting step in fertility is the search for the oocyte by spermatozoa. Initially, there are tens of millions of sperm cells, but a single one will make it to the oocyte. This may be one of the most severe selection processes designed by evolution, whose role is yet to be understood. Why such a huge redundancy is required and what does that mean for the search process? we discuss here these questions and consequently new lines of interdisciplinary research needed to find possible answers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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