Sentences with phrase «fertility than mice»
The long lifespan of dogs and their reproductive cycle could make them more relevant to human fertility than mice, he says.
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«Most surprisingly, the male mice born to male mice that were exposed to DEHP also exhibited similar reproductive abnormalities — indicating prenatal exposure to DEHP can affect the fertility and reproductive capacity of more than one generation of offspring,» Barakat said.
The transgenic mice gave birth to fewer offspring than their normal relatives, which fits well with the evolutionary theory that there is a trade - off between longer life span and fertility.
Female mice deprived of dietary zinc for a relatively short time before conception experienced fertility and pregnancy problems and had smaller, less - developed fetuses than mice that ingested zinc during the same times, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.