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Dramatic fertility decline in aging C. elegans males is associated with mating execution deficits rather than diminished sperm quality.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Nov 2013
Chatterjee Indrani, Ibanez-Ventoso Carolina, Vijay Priyanka, Singaravelu Gunasekaran, Baldi Christopher, Bair Julianna, Ng Susan, Smolyanskaya Alexandra, Driscoll Monica, Singson Andrew
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Although much is known about female reproductive aging, fairly little is known about the causes of male reproductive senescence. We developed a method that facilitates culture maintenance of Caenorhabditis elegans adult males, which enabled us to measure male fertility as populations age, without...
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