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Sperm chemotaxis
Sperm chemotaxis is a form of sperm guidance, in which sperm cells (spermatozoa) follow a concentration gradient of a chemoattractant secreted from the oocyte and thereby reach the oocyte.
== Background ==
Since the discovery of sperm attraction to the female gametes in ferns over a century ago (Pfeffer, 1884), sperm chemotaxis has been established in a large variety of species (Miller, 1985). Although sperm chemotaxis is prevalent throughout the Metazoa kingdom, from marine species with external fertilization such as sea urchins and corals, to humans (Cosson, 1990; Eisenbach and Tur-Kaspa, 1994; Miller, 1985), most of the current information on sperm chemotaxis is derived from studies of marine invertebrates, primarily sea urchin and starfish (Kaupp et al., 2006). As a matter of fact, until not too long ago, the dogma was that, in mammals, any guidance of spermatozoa to the oocyte was unnecessary. This was due to the common belief that, following ejaculation into the female genital tract, large numbers of spermatozoa 'race' towards the oocyte and compete to fertilize it. This belief was taken apart when it became clear that only few of the ejaculated spermatozoa — in humans, only ~1 of every million spermatozoa — succeed in entering the oviducts (Fallopian tubes) (and Tur-Kaspa (1999) for a review ), and when more recent studies showed that mammalian spermatozoa do respond chemotactially (Ralt et al., 1994).
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