June 10, 2020 | 6: 59 pm
A new study finds that eggs are specifically choosy when it concerns selecting sperm.
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You may think he’s the one– however what do your eggs think?
A new study has found that a female’s eggs are specifically selective when selecting the most perfect sperm for fertilization.
Looking at remaining samples from 16 couples getting reproductive treatment, scientists from Sweden discovered that eggs release a chemical that brings in just particular kinds of sperm– no matter whether they originate from the lady’s chosen partner, according to the findings published Tuesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society
The selectiveness could be a method of sorting out the mate with the best genes, stated study author John Fitzpatrick, an assistant teacher in the department of zoology at Stockholm University in Sweden.
” We anticipated to see some sort of partner impact, however in half