Models of aging predict that sperm function and fertility should decline with age as sperm are exposed to free radical damage and mutation accumulation. However, theory also suggests that mating with
Male reproductive senescence is typically characterised by a decline in the number of sperm produced and transferred by old males, a phenomenon that may be exacerbated in polygynous species where male
To find genes downstream of the TGF-beta Sma/Mab pathway in C. elegans oocytes associated with reproductive aging. Eight replicates comparing RNA from oocyte samples collected from day 8 sma-2(e502);f