Post-pubescent to mature fathers: Increase in progeny quality?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Auroux, Maurice ^a   Nawar, Nabil N Y ^b   Naguib, Mervat ^b   Baud, Marine ^a   Lapaqueilerie, Nicole ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Genetic maturation; Mouse; Paternal age; Progeny behaviour; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL AGE; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031906308     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.55     Document Type: Article

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