Rethinking the Relationship Between Hyperactivation and Chemotaxis in Mammalian Sperm1
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- 1 October 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 83 (4) , 507-513
Abstract
Hyperactivation, a motility pattern of mammalian sperm in the oviduct, is essential to fertilization. Hyperactivation helps sperm to swim effectivelyKeywords
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