A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece
(2018)
Journal Article
Mendonca, T., Birkhead, T. R., Cadby, A. J., Forstmeier, W., & Hemmings, N. (2018). A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1883), Article 20180865. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0865
The sperm mid-piece has traditionally been considered to be the engine that powers sperm. Larger mid-pieces have therefore been assumed to provide greater energetic capacity. However, in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata, a recent study showed a su... Read More about A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece.