'Glow-in-the-dark' sperm sheds light on sexual selection
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 14:07
in Biology & Nature
By genetically altering fruit flies so that the heads of their sperm were fluorescent green or red, biologists were able to observe in striking detail what happens to live sperm inside the female. The findings may have huge implications for the fields of reproductive biology, sexual selection and speciation.