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Cooperative roles of biological flow and surface topography in guiding sperm migration revealed by a microfluidic model

Chih-kuan Tung, Florencia Ardón, Alyssa G. Fiore, Susan S. Suárez, Mingming Wu

Lab on a Chip · 2014 · 92 citations · 40 references

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A microfluidic model reveals that surface topography assists sperm to swim against the flow within a channel.

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