ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011
Sperm chemotaxis, fluid shear, and the evolution of sexual reproduction.
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- Refined trajectory smoothing and deep learning classification of human sperm motility.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- The Known and Unknown About Female Reproductive Tract Mucus Rheological Properties.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Reinforcement learning of biomimetic navigation: a model problem for sperm chemotaxis.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2024Article
- Activation of sperm Toll-like receptor 2 induces hyperactivation to enhance the penetration to mucus and uterine glands: a trigger for the uterine inflammatory cascade in cattle.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Sperm chemotaxis in marine species is optimal at physiological flow rates according theory of filament surfing.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Modelling Motility: The Mathematics of Spermatozoa.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Flagellar kinematics reveals the role of environment in shaping sperm motility.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2020Article
- Chemical signals from eggs facilitate cryptic female choice in humans.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
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- Sperm activation through orbital and self-axis revolutions using an artificial cilia embedded serpentine microfluidic platform.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Differences in Small Molecule Neurotransmitter Profiles From the Crown-of-Thorns Seastar Radial Nerve Revealed Between Sexes and Following Food-Deprivation.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Article
- The tailored sperm cell.Journal of plant research · 2017Review
- Plasticity of fertilization rates under varying temperature in the broadcast spawning mussel,Ecology and evolution · 2016Article
- Ecological influences on the behaviour and fertility of malaria parasites.Malaria journal · 2016Article
- Bimodal rheotactic behavior reflects flagellar beat asymmetry in human sperm cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015Article
- Sperm navigation along helical paths in 3D chemoattractant landscapes.Nature communications · 2015Article
- Fluid flow and sperm guidance: a simulation study of hydrodynamic sperm rheotaxis.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2015Article
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- Sperm guidance to the egg finds calcium at the helm.Protoplasma · 2014Review
- Effects of oscillatory flow on fertilization in the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
Chemical communication is fundamental to sexual reproduction, but how sperm search for and find an egg remains enigmatic. For red abalone (Haliotis rufescens), a large marine snail, the relationship between chemical signaling and fluid motion largely determines fertilization success. Egg-derived attractant plumes are dynamic, changing their size and shape in response to unique combinations of physical and chemical environmental features. Attractant plumes that promote sexual reproduction, however, are limited to a precise set of hydrodynamic conditions. Performance-maximizing shears are those that most closely match flows in native spawning habitats. Under conditions in which reproductive success is chronically limited by sperm availability, gametes are under selection for mechanisms that increase sperm-egg encounter. Here, chemoattraction is found to provide a cheap evolutionary alternative for enhancing egg target size without enlarging cytoplasmic and/or cell volume. Because egg signaling and sperm response may be tuned to meet specific fluid-dynamic constraints, shear could act as a critical selective pressure that drives gamete evolution and determines fitness.
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