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IT seems to be generally accepted that the galea capitis of the mammalian sperm plays an important part in the fertilization process although the details of this process are still unknown.
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BLOM, E., BIRCH-ANDERSEN, A. Ultrastructure of the Sterilizing ‘Knobbed-Sperm’ Defect in the Bull. Nature 194, 989–990 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194989a0
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