Carbohydrate-based interactions on the route of a spermatozoon to fertilization

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Male and female intercommunication along the route which the spermatozoon takes to fertilization utilizes the information potential of carbohydrates. A hierarchy of carbohydrate-based binding events exists ranging from spermatozoa-oviduct interaction to primary and secondary binding between spermatozoon and oocyte. Before in-vivo fertilization can occur, spermatozoa are stored in the caudal part of the isthmus,...

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