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DarkTreader t1_iryjk6r wrote

Reply to comment by nimnlil in Cooperative sperm outrun loners in the mating race. In simulated reproductive tracts of animals like cattle and humans, the behavior increases the chances that groups of cooperative bovine sperm will outpace meandering loners as they race to fertilize a female egg cell, physicists report. by MistWeaver80

At this level isn't that the same thing?

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[deleted] t1_iryo05v wrote

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nimnlil t1_iryqsiu wrote

Yes! Thanks for saying it intelligently!

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ramonycajal88 t1_iryra4k wrote

Agreed. Without the presence of an egg in this experiment, it's really tough to make any conclusions outside of sperm motility. Apparently, the egg chooses the sperm in natural environments. Recent studies are suggesting that even though the fastest and most capable sperms reach the ovum first, it is the egg that has the final say on which sperm fertilizes it.

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