Human sperm swimming in a high viscosity mucus analogue

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.02.013zbMath1397.92055OpenAlexW2786644994WikidataQ49808415 ScholiaQ49808415MaRDI QIDQ1642472

Hermes Gadêlha, David J. Smith, Kenta Ishimoto, Eamonn A. Gaffney, Jackson Kirkman-Brown

Publication date: 15 June 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.02.013

zbMATH Keywords

principal component analysisboundary element methodsperm motilityLow-Reynolds-number flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Physiological flow (92C35) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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