Researchers showed how what appears to be a tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands of genes to form a sperm cell. The work, published as two papers in Nature ...

(from left to right) Prof. Dr. Hubert Schorle, M. Sc. Andjela Kovacevic and Dr. Simon Schneider uncover the contribution of Cylicin Structural proteins in male infertility. For successful ...

In the Balbach lab, researchers like graduate student Macy Jenks (R) are helping push the boundaries of reproductive metabolism. (CREDIT: Finn Gomez & Paul Henderson / MSU College of Natural Science) ...

Gene expression related to fertilization, sperm motility, and sperm structure in the testes of Tle6 -deficient mice showed an overall increase. Together, the findings of this study highlighted the ...

Researchers develop a novel Tle6 gene hetero knockout mice model to understand the role of this gene in male fertility and find that its deficiency results in abnormal sperm structure, reduced sperm ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has become impossible to ignore. The standard sperm-meets-egg story posits ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...