ArticleCells2021
Sperm Accumulation Induced by the Female Reproductive Fluid: Putative Evidence of Chemoattraction Using a New Tool.
Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Role of Ion Channels in the Maintenance of Sperm Motility and Swimming Behavior in a Marine Teleost.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
- The role of female reproductive fluid in mediating reproductive isolation between ecotypes of the three-spined stickleback.Zoological letters · 2026Article
- Exploring OR2H1-Mediated Sperm Chemotaxis: Development and Application of a Novel Microfluidic Device.Cells · 2025Article
- Sperm performance in the race for fertilization, the influence of female reproductive fluid.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Female reproductive fluid attracts more and better sperm: implications for within-ejaculate cryptic female choice.Biology letters · 2023Article
- On the Origin and Evolution of Sperm Cells.Cells · 2022Article
- Developmental RNA-Seq transcriptomics of haploid germ cells and spermatozoa uncovers novel pathways associated with teleost spermiogenesis.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
There is considerable evidence that female reproductive fluid (FRF) interacts intimately with sperm, affecting several sperm traits, including sperm motility and longevity, and ultimately fertilization success. One of the first documented interactions between FRF and sperm is the ability of FRF to attract and guide sperm towards the eggs. However, most of the evidence of FRF's chemoattraction proprieties comes from a limited number of taxa, specifically mammals and invertebrate broadcasting spawners. In other species, small FRF volumes and/or short sperm longevity often impose methodological difficulties resulting in this gap in chemoattraction studies in non-model species. One of the outcomes of sperm chemotaxis is sperm accumulation towards high chemoattractant concentrations, which can be easily quantified by measuring sperm concentration. Here, we tested sperm accumulation towards FRF in the zebrafish,
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