Sex and suicide: The curious case of Toll-like receptors.
During in vitro fertilisation (IVF), pharmacological activation of the murine X chromosome-encoded receptor proteins Toll-like receptor (TLR) 7 and TLR8 reportedly results in male-biased litters by selectively disrupting the motility of X-bearing sperm cells. Thus-in the context of agonist treatment...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-03-01
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| Serier: | PLoS Biology |
| Online adgang: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000663 |