Breakthrough study solves plant sex mystery
A team of biologists from the University of Leicester has solved a mystery surrounding how plants have sex.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2014
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News tagged with sperm production
Testis size matters for genome evolution
In many primates, females mate with multiple partners, causing an often-intense competition amongst males to pass along their DNA to be king of the genome as well as the jungle.
Evolution
Mar 5, 2014
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Doing it to death: Suicidal sex in 'marsupial mice'
Imagine if you only had one shot at passing on your genes before you died. It happens more often in the natural world than you might expect: suicidal reproduction – where one or both sexes of a species die after a single ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2013
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Secret of sperm quality control revealed
Yale researchers have discovered how the "guardian of the genome'' oversees quality control in the production of sperm — and perhaps in many other cells as well.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2012
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Plant biologists discover gene that switches on 'essence of male'
Biologists at the University of Leicester have published results of a new study into plant sex - and discovered that a particular gene switches on 'the essence of male'.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 20, 2009
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Living with females extends the reproductive life of the male mouse
Living with a female mouse can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by as much as 20 percent, according to a study conducted by Ralph Brinster and a team of other researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School ...
Jan 22, 2009
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Reproductive life of male mice is increased by living with females
Living with a female of its species can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by a dramatic 20 percent, according to a study reported at the online site of the journal Biology of Reproduction.
Jan 22, 2009
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