Maternal nutritional stress alters sperm competence in male mice offspring leading to reduced fertility
Y. Muranishi, L. Parry, M. Vachette-dit-Martin, F. Saez, C. Coudy-Gandilhon, P. Sauvanet, D. Volle, J. Tournayre, S. Bottari, F. Carpentiero, J. Escoffier, A. Bruhat, A.-C. Maurin, J. Averous, C. Arnoult, , C. Jousse
This study shows that maternal undernutrition in mice leads to reduced fertility in male offspring due to impaired sperm capacitation, without affecting spermatogenesis or classical sperm parameters.
Biology of Reproduction · Mar 19, 2022Peer-reviewedPhysiology