Age-dependent decline in sperm quality and function in a naturally short-lived vertebrate.

BMC Ecol Evol · 2025 · PMC11702220 · PMID 39762763

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There was a tendency for sperm from adult males to be more motile in FRF than in water compared to sperm from old males, though this difference did not reach statistical significance (male age * activation medium: χ 2 = 1.868, p = 0.17).

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