Do the fastest concepti have a shorter life span?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 885-889

  Tarín, Juan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conceptus development; Gender gap; Longevity; Major histocompatibility complex; Maximum life span

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030947742     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.5.885     Document Type: Review

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