A duplicated gene evolved into a switch that determines sex in frogs, revealing how evolution can safely reshape critical ...

Early in development, many animals pick a team—male or female—based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the ...

The architecture of the body is not encoded as a formal blueprint; rather, it's the tightly orchestrated activation and ...

Scientists are making inroads in understanding one of the central mysteries of human reproduction: Why do women’s eggs deteriorate as they age? The broad strokes have been well-known — the ticking of ...

Following a 14-day mission aboard China’s space station, a female mouse has successfully delivered a litter of nine healthy pups back on Earth. The birth marks a major victory for space biology. As ...

The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries — the organs that store and release a woman’s eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman’s chance of conceiving each month decreases ...

In summer 2024, I received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) from the Hamel Undergraduate Research Center to pursue a project in Dr. MacManes’s genomics and physiology lab, which ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 9, 2025) In a Frontiers in Public Health review article, researchers report on the wide body of science connecting adverse effects to female reproductive system, such as ...

The circadian clock regulates physiological and biochemical processes in nearly every species. Sexual and reproductive behaviors are two processes controlled by the circadian timing system. Evidence ...