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Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is increasingly being used to facilitate conception in both clinical and veterinary medicine. Infertility rates are on the rise amongst the global human ...

The energy invested in animal reproduction is as much as 10 times greater than previously estimated when the metabolic load of bearing and caring for offspring is accounted for, according to a new ...

Animal reproduction and breeding encompasses the full spectrum of natural, assisted and genetic processes that underpin the perpetuation, improvement and conservation of species across diverse taxa.

In animals, releasing eggs in a timely manner is vital to maximize the chances of successful fertilization. However, how this process evolved and is controlled in different species is poorly ...

The improvements in animal care that have led to the aging population problem are laudable, but must now be accompanied by ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A synopsis is provided of different expressions of whole-animal vertebrate clonality (asexual organismal-level reproduction), both in the ...

For the first time, scientists have induced facultative parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction, in an animal that usually reproduces sexually. An estimated 76 percent of fruit flies can ...

Ocean pollution is unfortunately becoming more commonplace, raising concerns over the effect of chemicals that are leaching into the water. In a new study, researchers have discovered how these ...

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging – a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve populations and, with it, a core mission of modern zoos in ...