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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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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 |