Everyyear , Science’sDance your PhDcompetition take exception grad students past and present to convey their thesis with interpretative dance . finalist for this yr ’s competitor were just herald , and yes , they are amazing .
https://gizmodo.com/ph-d-students-explain-their-research-using-interpretiv-5951989
https://gizmodo.com/check-out-the-winners-of-this-years-dance-your-phd-comp-5851521
feature up top is one of the finalist in the Biology category:“Sperm competition between brother & female choice , ” by Cedric Kai Wei Tan . You should really just learn the video , but here ’s the gist :
female of the red jungle fowl spouse with multiple males , which can make competition between sperm of different male in fiat to fertilize the egg . In my PhD thesis , I explored the effect of brotherhood on sperm rivalry and female alternative . Interestingly , the brother of the first male that the female has mated with invests more sperm in the female than the non - blood brother of the first male fellow . However , the distaff ejects a higher proportion of sperm from the brother of the first mate and favour the sperm of the non - buddy , facilitate a gamy fertility by the non - crony ’s sperm cell .
No but really . Watch it . Then go watch the rest , and vote on your favorite , over at Science .
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