Fish exposed to low or depleted oxygen levels in their marine environment – a phenomenon linked to algal blooms, or “red tides” – can develop reproductive impairments that are passed down to future generations, a team of Hong Kong scientists have found.
Defects include reduced testis size, sperm quantity, sperm motility and hormonal imbalances that cause more males to be born, disrupting the population, according to the latest breakthrough research.
The findings were...
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