Drosophila sperm swim backwards in the female reproductive tract and are activated via TRPP2 ion channels.

Sperm have but one purpose, to fertilize an egg. In various species including Drosophila melanogaster female sperm storage is a necessary step in the reproductive process. Amo is a homolog of the human transient receptor potential channel TRPP2 (also known as PKD2), which is mutated in autosomal dom...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Michael Köttgen, Alexis Hofherr, Weizhe Li, Kristy Chu, Stacey Cook, Craig Montell, Terry Watnick
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3098850?pdf=render