Female mice delay reproductive aging in males

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1009-1014

  Schmidt, Jonathan A ^a   Oatley, Jon M ^a,b   Brinster, Ralph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fertility; Male sexual function; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; LIFESPAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SERUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS;

EID: 65949119116     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.073619     Document Type: Article

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