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. 2004 Apr 15;4:3. doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-4-3

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Expected patterns of fertilization in leaky fertilization-defective mutants of C. elegans. In cases where only a few functional sperm are made, we can expect completely efficient utilization of sperm (a), completely random fertilization patterns (b) or an intermediate, with a bias towards efficient utilization, due to issues such as sperm being swept into the uterus (c).