The role of the seminal vesicles, coagulating glands and prostate glands on the fertility and fecundity of mice.
Female mice were allowed to mate with males which had been sham-operated (Group 1); had seminal vesicles, coagulating glands and ventral and dorsal prostate glands removed (Group 2); had the seminal vesicles removed (Group 3); had the coagulating glands removed (Group 4) or had the ventral and dorsal prostate gland removed (Group 5). The pregnancy rate was normal in Groups 1 and 4, severely reduced in Groups 2 and 3 and less so in Group 5. Litter size was reduced in Groups 2 and 3 but not in Group 5. It is suggested that the seminal vesicles and possibly the prostate glands are important in the production of young in mice.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D008098:Litter Size; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011247:Pregnancy; D011467:Prostate / Q000502:physiology*; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000502:physiology*