The mechanical properties of sperm tails revealed

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 05:32 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at the University of York have shown that a sperm tail utilizes interconnected elastic springs to transmit mechanical information to distant parts of the tail, helping it to bend and ultimately swim toward an egg.

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