Why fruit flies produce giant sperm 20 times their body length
Why fruit flies produce giant sperm 20 times their body length
A scientist is trying to find out why male fruit flies are producing giant sperm that grow much longer than the bodies of the insects themselves.
The sperm of a fly is 6cm long, up to 20 times the body length! The reproductive advantages of flies from the perspective of sperm - iNEWS
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Fruit fly has sperm 20 times the length of its own BODY
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The Largest and Oldest Sperm
The sperm of a fly is 6cm long, up to 20 times the body length! The reproductive advantages of flies from the perspective of sperm - iNEWS
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Why fruit flies produce giant sperm 20 times their body length
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