Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geelong, Victoria 3216, Australia.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
Trends Biotechnol. 2022 Oct;40(10):1144-1147. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.06.014. Epub 2022 Jul 25.
Differential sperm chemotaxis describes differences among male-female pairings in chemotactic responses of sperm to egg (or female)-derived chemical attractants. Microfluidic devices provide powerful platforms in which to study this complex gamete interaction. Here, we describe key challenges and potential solutions in applying this state-of-the-art technique to differential sperm chemotaxis.
差向精子趋化性描述了在精子对卵(或雌性)衍生的化学趋化吸引剂的趋化反应方面,雌雄配对之间的差异。微流控装置为研究这种复杂的配子相互作用提供了强大的平台。在这里,我们描述了在将这项最先进的技术应用于差向精子趋化性时所面临的关键挑战和潜在解决方案。