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IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FERTILITY
Author(s) -
Jones W. R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb50678.x
Subject(s) - fertility , infertility , biology , pregnancy , reproduction , human fertilization , evolutionary biology , genetics , medicine , population , environmental health
The combined evolutionary advantages of genetic polymorphism and the development of internal fertilization and viviparity have provided a s/stem of reproduction in which immunological influences are pre‐eminent. This paper reviews the extent of these influences in the control of fertility in mammalian pregnancy, and examines their clinical implications for spontaneous and induced infertility in man.