Breakthrough study solves plant sex mystery
A team of biologists from the University of Leicester has solved a mystery surrounding how plants have sex.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2014
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News tagged with sperm production
Could climate change cause infertility?
The scientific community has long held an understanding about the effect of temperature on sperm production in mammals, but this new study sheds light on how spermatogenesis in insects is hampered at extreme temperatures.
Evolution
Apr 15, 2019
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The nutrition behind good sperm
Males with low sperm quality probably won't get much help from dining down on fish oil supplements and a bag of carrots, recent aquatic-based research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Jun 25, 2015
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Pig gene advance could boost sperm stocks from prized animals
Gene-editing techniques could help to improve stocks of farmed pigs by boosting supplies of sperm from prized sires.
Biotechnology
Jan 13, 2017
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Spay, neuter, or shot? How an injection could be the future of animal control
A single shot into the muscle is enough to stop egg and sperm production in mice, report California Institute of Technology scientists on October 5 in Current Biology. The injection delivers packaged DNA into muscle cells, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2015
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Testis size matters for genome evolution
In many primates, females mate with multiple partners, causing an often-intense competition amongst males to pass along their DNA to be king of the genome as well as the jungle.
Evolution
Mar 5, 2014
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Sufficient food vital for functioning ram sperm
An animal biologist says poor nutrition results in genetic damage to sperm cells and lower sperm motility for rams.
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2014
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Living with females extends the reproductive life of the male mouse
Living with a female mouse can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by as much as 20 percent, according to a study conducted by Ralph Brinster and a team of other researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School ...
Jan 22, 2009
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Study reveals a gene crucial to sperm cell production
Scientists at Cincinnati Children's appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2021
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Secret of sperm quality control revealed
Yale researchers have discovered how the "guardian of the genome'' oversees quality control in the production of sperm — and perhaps in many other cells as well.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2012
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