Click below to download a document that incorporates the latest scientific thinking on human sperm delivery and transport through the female reproductive tract.
From storage in the male epididymis to fusion with the oocyte plasma membrane in the oviduct and formation of a fertilised ovum.
This paper, written by the programme’s Science Producer, Jennifer Beamish, is in the style of a review article. Like all scientific papers it has undergone ‘peer review’, where an anonymous panel of experts checks the paper for accuracy before it is published. Each of the reviewer comments has been left in to ensure balance and illustrate the peer review process.
