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Historically, researchers focused on the role of sperm characteristics in fertilization success, but now female factors and cooperative processes are gaining recognition.

reproductive biology

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Reproductive Lifespan is Partially Encoded in the Genes

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Mammalian Oocytes Store mRNA in Newly Found Membraneless Structure

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How Immature Egg Cells in Ovaries Resist Aging

A gametophyte of the brown alga <em>Desmarestia dudresnayi</em> that has both male and female reproductive structures

Meet the Algae That Went from Male/Female to Hermaphroditic

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Trees’ Scent Tricks Hornets Into Shuttling Seeds

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Epigenetic Changes to Placenta Correlate with Maternal Depression

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Some Barnacles Can Move Around to Improve Feeding Position

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Infographic: Research Questions to Be Tackled by Uterus Transplants

A New View of My Own Past

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Brain-Computer Interface Advances Help Reconnect the Mind and Body

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Universe 25 Experiment

A woman in her 60s wears a yellow tank top and brown-rimmed glasses while placing a hormone-replacement patch on her upper arm.

Flawed Studies Linked Menopausal Hormone Therapy to Breast Cancer

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Publisher Investigates an Alleged Peer Review Extortion Attempt

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Mapping Tissues with Spatial Biology

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Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

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August 2026

Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

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Optimizing NGS Library Preparation for Reliable Sequencing Data

Optimizing NGS Library Preparation for Reliable Sequencing Data

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Mapping Clonal Mosaicism in Aging Tissues

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Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

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