vertical axis windmills and sperm pelotons

[Roger Critchlow-2]

The fish schooling vertical axis windmill grouping paper is out on arxiv.org

  http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2250

The other paper from Nature

  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7282/abs/nature08736.html

titled "Competition drives cooperation among closely related sperm of deer mice" notes that "By forming cooperative groups, sperm can increase their swimming velocity and thereby gain an advantage in intermale sperm competition" which only leaves the question of how the sperm identify their brothers.

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[Douglas Roberts-2]

It's not easy; they have to come in close proximity.

<Cringe>

--Doug

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Roger Critchlow <[hidden email]> wrote:

The other paper from Nature

  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7282/abs/nature08736.html

titled "Competition drives cooperation among closely related sperm of deer mice" notes that "By forming cooperative groups, sperm can increase their swimming velocity and thereby gain an advantage in intermale sperm competition" which only leaves the question of how the sperm identify their brothers.

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