Screw-shaped bird sperm swim faster -- but it comes at a cost

Friday, April 5, 2019 - 12:32 in Biology & Nature

New research suggests that bird sperm cells with a spiral or screw-like shape swim faster than straighter sperm -- but that the spiral shape also makes them more fragile.

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