Most female mammals experience a reproductive decline with increased age, previously attributed to the instability of ageing oocytes. But could it be due to a previously unrecognized stem-cell well drying up?
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Spradling, A. More like a man. Nature 428, 133–134 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/428133b
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