Supersize sperm from the past

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Published May 13, 2014

Scientists have found the oldest sperm ever discovered, and they are whoppers. They belong to a type of tiny crustacean called an Ostracod. The finding suggests that Ostracods evolved their gargantuan gametes far earlier than their rivals in the supersize sperm leagues, the fruit flies.

Read more here: http://dx.doi.org10.1038/nature.2014.15218
Read the original paper here: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rspb.2014.0394

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