I think we all know that the best, fastest sperm wins the race to become the child whatever whatever. My question is does it actually make a difference for the kid. Would there be any difference if it was just a random one, not the first one? I’m wondering if the sperm cell being first has any correlation to the human being more functional or anything.
In: 12
The reality is that many sperm are reaching the egg and have to eat away at the outer lining before one can fertilize it. While the process will undoubtedly weed out the slowest and nonfunctional sperm, there will be several fully functional sperm that make it to the egg. So it’s more a process of, “Weed out the obviously bad sperm, and then choose randomly from the ones that are left” than “The sperm that fertilizes it is the absolute best of the bunch.”
Latest Answers