Postcopulatory sexual selection through sperm competition may be an important evolutionary force affecting many reproductive traits, including sperm morphometrics.
Julian Santiago-Moreno +8 more
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Assisted reproductive techniques in the prevention of mitochondrial diseases
Introduction: the mitochondrion is an important organelle that has its own DNA that is sensitive to mutations. These mutations can cause mitochondrial diseases, a heterogeneous group that suggests mitochondrial dysfunction.
Felipe De Jesús López-Catá +2 more
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Replacing Myths with Facts: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States [PDF]
Sex selection is the practice of attempting to control the sex of one's offspring in order to achieve a desired sex. One method of sex selection is sex-selective abortion. Laws banning sex-selective abortion are proliferating in the United States.
Brian Citro +3 more
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Trading-Off Reproductive Technology and Adoption: Does Subsidizing in Vitro Fertilization Decrease Adoption Rates and Should It Matter? [PDF]
For those facing infertility, using assisted reproductive technology to have genetically related children is a very expensive proposition. In particular, to produce a live birth through in vitro fertilization (IVF) will cost an individual (on average ...
Chen, Daniel L., Cohen, I. Glenn
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Potential applications of reproductive and molecular genetic technologies in the selective breeding of aquaculture species [PDF]
The use of reproductive and genetic technologies can increase the efficiency of selective breeding programs for aquaculture species. Four technologies are considered, namely: marker-assisted selection, DNA fingerprinting, in-vitro fertilization, and ...
Nguyen, N.H. +2 more
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The curse of Frankenstein: visions of technology and society in the debate over new reproductive technologies [PDF]
At each successive moment in their development new reproductive technologies have provided the occasion for virulent argument about the role of technology in human affairs. And more generally, technoscientific knowledge has long been held both in awe and
Bloomfield, B P, Vurdubakis, T
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Epigenetics of Male Fertility: Effects on Assisted Reproductive Techniques
During the last decades the study of male infertility and the introduction of the assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs) has allowed to understand that normal sperm parameters do not always predict fertilization.
Filippo Giacone +6 more
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Religion and healthcare in the European Union : policy issues and trends [PDF]
92 p. ; 24 cm.Libro ElectrónicoThe impact of religious doctrine on the law, policy and practice of healthcare is becoming increasingly significant for a whole range of issues – from euthanasia to fertility treatment; from belief-based exemption from ...
Clifford, Jarlath, Petrova, Dimitrina
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Is hysteroscopy a routine investigation before assisted reproductive techniques?
Introduction: Infertility is a common problem as it is observed in 10 - 15% of couples to whom developing approaches for treatment is an issue of utmost importance.
Maryam Javadian +3 more
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COVID-19 Vaccines and Assisted Reproductive Techniques: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Satorres-Pérez E +2 more
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