Testis articles within Nature

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• Article | 23 May 2012

  The let-7–Imp axis regulates ageing of the Drosophila testis stem-cell niche

  In the Drosophila testis, IGF-II messenger RNA binding protein (Imp) is shown to promote stem-cell niche maintenance by stabilizing unpaired (upd) RNA; Imp levels decrease in the hub cells of older males, owing to regulation by the microRNA let-7.

  • Hila Toledano
  • , Cecilia D’Alterio
  •  & D. Leanne Jones

• Letter | 20 July 2011

  DMRT1 prevents female reprogramming in the postnatal mammalian testis

  • Clinton K. Matson
  • , Mark W. Murphy
  •  & David Zarkower

• News | 23 March 2011

  Sperm grown in a test tube

  Immature mouse testicles yield fully developed sperm in culture.

  • Janelle Weaver