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Ejaculate deterioration with male age, and its amelioration in Drosophila
Irem Sepil, Ben R Hopkins, Rebecca Dean…·Stuart Wigby
The paper shows ejaculate performance declines with male age in Drosophila due to sperm and seminal protein deterioration, but this decline can be ameliorated by targeting insulin-like peptide-producing cells.
DOI 10.1101/624734