File:Pairs of conjugate sperm attached by the head.jpg
Original file (3,474 × 4,497 pixels, file size: 1.91 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Conjugate Sperm Pairs in American Opossums
(A) Paired and single sperm of the short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica.
(B) Pairs of conjugate sperm attached by the heads, the top pair starting to separate after capacitation.
(C) Pair of conjugate sperm separating.
(D) Electron microscopy of exquisite sperm head alignment in conjugate sperm pair (credit: Harry Moore). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060130.g003
Citation: Pizzari T, Foster KR (2008) Sperm Sociality: Cooperation, Altruism, and Spite. PLoS Biol 6(5): e130. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060130
Copyright: © 2008 Pizzari and Foster. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 17:45, 6 August 2012 | Error creating thumbnail: File with dimensions greater than 12.5 MP | 3,474 × 4,497 (1.91 MB) | Z3333427 (talk | contribs) | Conjugate Sperm Pairs in American Opossums (A) Paired and single sperm of the short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica. (B) Pairs of conjugate sperm attached by the heads, the top pair starting to separate after capacitation. (C) Pair of conjugate sp |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage
The following page uses this file:
