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Lifestyle impact and the biology of the human scrotum

20 Apr 2007

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The possession of a scrotum to contain the male gonads is a characteristic feature of almost all mammals, and appears to have evolved to allow the testes and epididymis to be exposed to a temperature a few degrees below that of core body temperature. Analysis of cryptorchid patients, and those with varicocele suggest that mild scrotal warming can be detrimental to sperm production, partly by effects on the stem...

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PMID: 17448228
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-5-15

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