title: Mother Nature versus Father Time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Helena C
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0590-651X
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Parkington
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
authors.forename: Penelope M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Harold A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.|Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: Shaun P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Brennecke
mesh_terms: D005220:Fathers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009215:Myometrium; D014590:Uterine Contraction
keywords: contractility; myometrium; pregnancy