Sperm hyperactivation drives a circling-and-wandering migration strategy
Meisam Zaferani, Yanis Baouche, Yamilka Lago-Alvarez, Anish Pandya, Soon Hon Cheong, Sabine Petry, Christina Kurzthaler, Howard A. Stone
The paper studies sperm hyperactivation in different fluid environments, identifying three migration strategies and showing how circling-and-wandering balances exploration and exploitation for effective migration.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics