Sensory cues from the opposite sex can influence how animals age, a University of Otago-led study has found.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2024
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When you take the lab away, female mice are more likely to play, according to a new Cornell study.
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2024
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For successful fertilization, sperm should move forward rapidly and be shaped correctly. The unique structure of the sperm cells forms during spermiogenesis. Now, researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2023
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Mature spermatozoa are characterized by a head, midpiece and a long tail for locomotion. Now, researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the Transdisciplinary Research Unit "Life & Health" at the University of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 27, 2023
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Urine scent marks are the original social media, allowing animals to advertise their location, status and identity. Now Cornell research is shining a new light—via thermal imaging of mice—on how this behavior changes ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2023
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Scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a new way of looking at sex-biased diseases that is rooted in evolutionary biology.
Evolution
Oct 20, 2022
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Researchers from McGill University have identified a form of chemical signaling in mice to defend their offspring. The researchers found that proximity to pregnant and lactating female mice increased stress hormones in males ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2022
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A team of researchers working at multiple facilities in the San Francisco area has found that male mice exposed to radiation similar to that encountered by humans on long space missions experienced problems with spatial learning ...
A new study delves into the evolution and function of the human growth hormone receptor gene, and asks what forces in humanity's past may have driven changes to this vital piece of DNA.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 24, 2021
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About 120 million unintended pregnancies occurred each year between 2015 and 2019 worldwide. While there are oral contraceptives for women, the development of oral contraceptives for men has not been successful. Now, a team ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 23, 2021
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