Mammalian fertilisation culminates in the precise merger of sperm and egg membranes, a process orchestrated by an intricate interplay of cell surface proteins and specialised membrane domains. Recent ...

For sea urchins, sex is an out-of-body experience. And in external fertilization, species-specific gamete receptors serve as one way to prevent cross-fertilization. The discovery of an egg protein ...

Researchers have uncovered a daily mating capacity for medaka, providing important insights into the relationship between the cost of gamete production and sexual selection. Working out the kinks of ...

Researchers led by Dr. LI Hongju from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed that the female gamete in flowering plants controls ...

Medical professionals and fertility clinics are prohibited, under penalty of law, from experimenting on a prospective parent(s) human reproductive material, including sperm, ovum, or embryo at any ...

Infertility remains as a concerning and challenging health issue worldwide, mostly due to the rises of infertility cases and ...