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Stem cells: Makeshift sperm production

Nature
DOI: 10.1038/456583a
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Early middle age is a difficult time, not least for male fruitflies when sperm production falls. The unexpected reason for this decline seems to be that, as tissues age, maintaining functional stem cells becomes difficult. © 2008 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.

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Spradling, A. C. (2008, December 4). Stem cells: Makeshift sperm production. Nature. Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/456583a

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