Fertilization Discovery: Do Sperm Carry Tiny Harpoons? (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Fertilization Discovery: Do Sperm Carry Tiny Harpoons?

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The SLLP1 filament viewed along its central pore.

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Heping Zheng, Ph.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine

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