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LORD ROTHSCHILD reported1 that bull spermatozoa in a liquid confined between parallel glass plates are more concentrated near to the plates, and he suggests that this might be due to a hydrodynamic interaction between the spermatozoa and the plates.
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MAUDE, A. Non-random Distribution of Bull Spermatozoa in a Drop of Sperm Suspension. Nature 200, 381 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200381a0
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