Flagellum beating, DNA packing, Geolocalization… The strategies to fertilize the oocyte are more and more detailed by the researchers. This is a marathon for the cells.
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Fertilization caught on tape for the first time
The sperm cell will fuse with the egg only if its falgellum is able to keep the pace. A new parameter identified by a french PhD student, which reveals that fertilization process is still mysterious.
Sperm and oocyte fusion caught on tape for the first time
A French physicist caught on tape the first steps of the mice fertilization process. The mechanisms to transfer the sperm DNA inside the oocyte remain largely unknown.