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Molecular Reproduction & Development Volume 83, Issue 10, October 2016
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
molecular reproduction and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.745
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1098-2795
pISSN - 1040-452X
DOI - 10.1002/mrd.22566
Subject(s) - biology , sperm , epididymis , reproduction , microbiology and biotechnology , zoology , andrology , genetics , medicine
In many mammalian species, sperm interact within the female reproductive tract or inside the epididymal lumen to form sperm conjugates, such as the mouse sperm rosettes obtained from cauda epididymal shown here by scanning electron microscopy. Monclus and Fornes (in this issue) review the available literature concerning mammals sperm conjugates to help decipher the underlying purpose of the conjugation behavior .