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From: michael@unixg.ubc.ca (Mike Harrington)
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Subject: Re: sperm
Date: 6 Jan 1996 04:00:14 GMT
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mdowd@gems.vcu.edu wrote:
: I have recently read that the sperm of one species of Drosophila is more than 
: two inches long.  Is this true?

I just came across an interesting article on this subject:

Delayed male maturity is a cost of producing large sperm in *Drosophila*.  
By S. Pitnick, T.A. Markow, and G.S. Spicer in P.N.A.S. (92:10614-8)

They give the record to *D. bifurca* which has an average sperm length of 
58mm.  
					Mike Harrington


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