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Lifestyle impact and the biology of the human scrotum

The possession of a scrotum to contain the male gonads is a characteristic feature of almost all mammals, and appears to have evolved to allow the testes and epididymis to be exposed to a temperature a few degrees below that of core body temperature. Analysis of cryptorchid patients, and those with...

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Autor principal: Ivell, Richard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1863418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17448228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-5-15