It's not easy; they have to come in close proximity.

<Cringe>

--Doug

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Roger Critchlow <r...@elf.org> wrote:
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>
> The other paper from Nature
>
>   http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7282/abs/nature08736.html
>
> titled "Competition drives cooperation among closely related sperm of deer
> mice" notes that "By forming cooperative groups, sperm can increase their
> swimming velocity and thereby gain an advantage in intermale sperm
> competition" which only leaves the question of how the sperm identify their
> brothers.
>
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