Birth Ratios Skew Towards More Females During Famine
In China, during the Chinese Great Leap Forward famine, the male to female birth ratios fell significantly. This implies that whenever food is in short…
Reproduction News
Researchers Study Regulatory Gene’s Role in Sperm Quality Control
Researchers at Yale University have discovered how the regulatory gene, p53, oversees quality control in the production of sperm and possibly other cells with damaged…
Researchers Show Sperm Production Has Health Implications
According to Dr. Damian Dowling of Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences and Professor Leigh Simmons of the University of Western Australia, reproduction may be…
Viruses Use Bacteria for Reproduction
MIT researchers are studying how viruses use bacteria to support the replication of their own DNA. Viruses in phosphorus-starved regions of the ocean are able…
Naked Mole Rats Make Slow Sperm
Naked Mole Rats are all teeth and skin. They are fairly ugly by our usual standards and as it turns out, so is their sperm,…
Male Guppies Keep Their Females Happy By Avoiding Change
For the past 500,000 years, Guppies have changed their color dramatically, but yet an orange patch on males has remained unchanged. It’s all about romance….