Amelioration of reproduction-associated oxidative stress in a viviparous insect is critical to prevent reproductive senescence.

Impact of reproductive processes upon female health has yielded conflicting results; particularly in relation to the role of reproduction-associated stress. We used the viviparous tsetse fly to determine if lactation, birth and involution lead to damage from oxidative stress (OS) that impairs subseq...

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Main Authors: Veronika Michalkova, Joshua B Benoit, Geoffrey M Attardo, Jan Medlock, Serap Aksoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3998933?pdf=render