The fertility of hypothyroid male mice.
Male mice homozygous for the hypothyroid gene mutation were compared with normal siblings to determine whether hypothyroidism induced infertility by impairing sexual behaviour. In addition, the fertility of the hypothyroid mice was examined. The experimental results provide unequivocal evidence that genetically-induced hypothyroidism in male mice does not impair sexual behaviour or cause infertility.
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Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
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D000818:Animals; D005298:Fertility; D007037:Hypothyroidism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal