Episode 457
Why are sperm made below body temperature?
Why can eggs be made at body temperature, but sperm need to be made at cooler temperatures?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
December 14, 20203m 33s
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Show Notes
Jordan got in touch to ask ""Why do females produce eggs inside the body, at body temperature, but males have to produce sperm outside the body, at a lower temperature?" Eva Higginbotham put the question to reproduction expert William Colledge at the University of Cambridge... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
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