Sperm chemotaxis is driven by the slope of the chemoattractant concentration field
H. V. Ramirez-Gomez, V. Jimenez-Sabinina, M. Velazquez-Perez, C. Beltran, J. Carneiro, C. Wood, I. Tuval, A. Darszon, A. Guerrero
This study shows that sea urchin sperm chemotaxis depends on the slope of chemoattractant concentration gradients, mediated by coupling two oscillators: the stimulus function and intracellular calcium changes.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2020Biophysics