Selection for female traits of high fertility affects male reproductive performance and alters the testicular transcriptional profile
Abstract Background Many genes important for reproductive performance are shared by both sexes. However, fecundity indices are primarily based on female parameters such as litter size. We examined a fertility mouse line (FL2), which has a considerably increased number of offspring and a total litter...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4288-z |