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- From: ambar@cygnus.com (Jean Marie Diaz)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
- Subject: Re: male fertility in Between
- Message-ID: <30197@hoptoad.uucp>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 00:07:16 GMT
- References: <1h89itINNdcu@manuel.anu.edu.au>
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- In-reply-to: David.Berriman@anu.edu.au's message of 22 Dec 1992 23:49:49 GMT
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- In article <1h89itINNdcu@manuel.anu.edu.au> David.Berriman@anu.edu.au (Cyalodin) writes:
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- Actually, cold increases sperm production, so Between may have some
- positive effects on male fertility.
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- Er, no. Sperm are only happy in a very limited range of temperatures...
- body heat is too hot (why monorchids and cryptorchids are frequently
- sterile), much colder than that is too cold... hence the muscular system
- in the scrotum, which is a limited temperature-control device.
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- AMBAR
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