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Feb 8, 2021

Devious sperm ‘poison’ their rivals, forcing them to swim in circles until they die

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Sperm are ‘ruthless competitors’ who aren’t above poisoning their brothers.


Mouse sperm carrying a genetic sequence called the t-haplotype will poison their competitors, then make an ‘antidote’ only for themselves, new research finds.

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