Sperm swimming technique ‘all down to simple maths’

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How an individual sperm swims, against all the odds, through fluid to reach the fallopian tubes has been revealed – and it’s all about rhythm. Researchers from the UK and Japan found that the head and tail movements of sperm made patterns similar to the fields that form around magnets.
And these help to propel sperm towards the female egg. Knowing why some sperm succeed and others fail could…

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March 23, 2017 at 01:13AM