“Modeling Diffusive Search by Non-Adaptive Sperm: Empirical and Computational Insights”

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During fertilization, mammalian sperm undergo a winnowing selection process that reduces the candidate pool of potential fertilizers from ∼10 6 -10 11 cells to 10 1 -10 2 cells (depending on the species). Classical sperm competition theory addresses the positive or ‘stabilizing’ selection acting on sperm phenotypes within populations of organisms but does not strictly address the developmental consequences of...

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• Animal Behavior and Reproduction
• Fertilization
• Mating Preference, Animal
• Phenotype
• Reproductive Biology and Fertility
• Selection, Genetic
• Sperm and Testicular Function
• Spermatozoa

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Literature Corpus work

cf810614-b607-5f9c-a44e-02746f937091

DOI

10.1101/2024.06.17.599386