Makeshift sperm production

Allan C. Spradling
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Allan C. Spradling: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. spradling@ciwemb.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 456, issue 7222, 583-585

Abstract: Early middle age is a difficult time, not least for male fruitflies when sperm production falls. The unexpected reason for this decline seems to be that, as tissues age, maintaining functional stem cells becomes difficult.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/456583a

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