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Computer simulation model identifies key factors for successful transit of sperm in the genital tract A research team at the Humboldt University Berlin and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) developed an agent-based computer model to simulate the journey of sperm cells through the female genital tract. Key factors for a successful transit could be identified without the use of animal experiments and were published in the scientific journal PLoS Computational Biology . During mating in wildlife species, males transfer millions of sperm into the female genital tract. On the way to the egg cell the sperm have to pass through the genital tract. Very few of the sperm cells actually succeed in passing through and reaching the vicinity of the egg cell. Those that do will then be conditioned for fertilisation. Mechanisms underlying sperm selection and, therefore, reproductive success are largely unknown, as their experimental study in the living organism is

Jorin diemerEdda klippEmily hendersonLeibniz institute for zooHumboldt university berlinTheoretical biophysics departmentWildlife researchLeibniz instituteDoctoral studentTheoretical biophysicsஎமிலி ஹென்டர்சன்ஹம்போல்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகம் பெர்லின்வனவிலங்கு ஆராய்ச்சிமுனைவர் மாணவர்கோட்பாட்டு உயிர் இயற்பியல்