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GLYCOLYSIS in spermatozoa of mammalian species has been much studied. These investigations, extensively reviewed by Mann1, have demonstrated that mammalian spermatozoa utilize fructose, glucose and mannose ; anaerobically, they degrade these sugars to lactic acid, deriving from this process the energy necessary for motility.
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LORENZ, F. Carbohydrate Metabolism of Cock Spermatozoa. Nature 182, 397–398 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182397b0
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