New research has mapped the cell types that specialize to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and ...

Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton mapped the ...

Mapping the human reproductive system offers new clues into conditions affecting reproductive organs and the environmental ...

Humans are sexual, meaning that both a male and a female are needed to reproduce. Each is equipped with specific organs capable of producing specific cells needed to procreate. In conjunction with a ...

What Is the Female Reproductive System? The female reproductive system is designed to carry out several functions. It produces the female egg cells, called the ova or oocytes, which are necessary for ...

A new single-cell map reveals how human reproductive organs form and respond to environmental influences A developing human ...

Women’s reproductive organs are home to plenty of microorganisms, and identifying them may help us improve women’s health. Scientists have long known that the vagina is home to trillions of bacteria, ...

One organ in a woman's body ages more than twice as fast as all other tissues, wreaking havoc with both fertility and long-term health. "Ovaries are very strange, very odd in terms of the rest of the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the evolutionary process under consideration, organs essential for biparental reproduction in normally hermaphroditic animals are ...

Early in fetal development, a mass of cells known as the bipotential gonad has the possibility of giving rise either to ovaries or testes, reproductive organs that contribute to many of the ...