Delayed fatherhood in mice decreases reproductive fitness and longevity of offspring

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 343-349

  García Palomares, Silvia ^a   Navarro, Samuel ^a   Pertusa, José F ^a   Hermenegildo, Carlos ^a,b   García Pérez, Miguel A ^a,b   Rausell, Francisco ^a   Cano, Antonio ^a   Tarín, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Delayed fatherhood; Gamete biology; Long term effects; Offspring

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; PATERNAL AGE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MUS;

EID: 59949087725     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.073395     Document Type: Article

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