Live-action films of worm sperm help researchers track critical fertility enzymes
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 22:30
in Biology & Nature
Compared to most other cells in an organism, sperm undergo a radical transformation to become compact and mobile delivery systems for paternal DNA. Even though sperm looks and moves quite differently across species, researchers now say that there are at least a few key enzymes that are critical for sperm development and mobility in species as different as mice and nematode worms.