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Cassandra Extavour, a professor of organismic and evolutionary biology and of molecular and cellular biology, is the author of a new study on genetic mechanisms for creating germ cells. Her research involving crickets shows that "they’re not using the maternal model, they’re using this inductive model, and it’s the same inductive model that mice use," she said.

New view of germ cells

Research offers insights beyond maternal inheritance

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DateApril 19, 2016

“To our knowledge, this is the first report to link consumption of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables, a primary exposure route for most people, to an adverse reproductive health outcome in humans,” said Jorge Chavarro, assistant professor of nutrition and epidemiology and the study’s senior author.

Pesticides result in lower sperm counts

Eating fruits and vegetables with high pesticide residue also had impact on sperm quality

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DateMarch 30, 2015May 31, 2019

A new paper by Harvard researchers shows that in Peromyscus maniculatus, a species of deer mouse known to be promiscuous, sperm clump together to swim in a more linear fashion.

When cooperation counts

Researchers find that sperm benefit from grouping together in mice

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DateAugust 20, 2014June 19, 2019

Understanding how malaria parasites move may one day help scientists develop new strategies for combating the disease by halting its ability to reproduce.

Malaria in 3-D

Advanced imaging aids study of cell movement

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DateNovember 21, 2013

Sperm Of A Feather Flock Together

National Public Radio

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DateJanuary 22, 2010

Sperm competition, cooperation

Studies in mice suggest complex interactions

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DateJanuary 20, 2010March 25, 2019