"Efficiency" of sperm movement
| Range | ~22 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Cow Bos Taurus |
| Reference | Rikmenspoel, Measurements of motility and energy metabolism of bull spermatozoa. Trans N Y Acad Sci. 1964 Jul26:Suppl:1072-86. p.1085 2nd paragraphPubMed ID14258795 |
| Comments | "Machin (ref 8) has shown that the energy dissipated in the elastic deformation of the flagella amounts to one third of the hydrodynamic dissipation. So for a number c of sperm the total amount of work performed is (see eq.8 link )...A comparison of equations 10 & 8 ( link) indicates that the "efficiency" of the sperm movement is about 22 percent." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 110794 |