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ReviewPhysiology (Bethesda, Md.)2020

Differences and Similarities: The Richness of Comparative Sperm Physiology.

Alberto Darszon, Takuya Nishigaki, Ignacio López-González, Pablo E Visconti, Claudia L Treviño

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Review in Physiology (Bethesda, Md.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Soluble adenylyl cyclase in nonmammalian sperm is directly controlled by pH, not by HCOProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  16. The role of oxidative stress in postcopulatory selection.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alberto DarszonDepartamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca Morelos, México.
Takuya NishigakiDepartamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca Morelos, México.
Ignacio López-GonzálezDepartamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca Morelos, México.
Pablo E ViscontiDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Claudia L TreviñoDepartamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca Morelos, México.

Funding

Sperm Ca2+ Signaling and Energy Pathways in basic science and ARTR01HD038082 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI VISCONTI, PABLO E. · 2000 to 2025
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NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD038082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Species preservation depends on the success of fertilization. Sperm are uniquely equipped to fulfill this task, and, although several mechanisms are conserved among species, striking functional differences have evolved to contend with particular sperm-egg environmental characteristics. This review highlights similarities and differences in sperm strategies, with examples within internal and external fertilizers, pointing out unresolved issues.

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AcrosomeSperm CapacitationAnimalsHumansMaleSemenSpermatozoaacrosome reactioncapacitationhyperactivationsperm

Identifiers

PMID32293232
PMCPMC11960811

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