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Injection of rabbit spermatozoa into the uterus of rat has demonstrated a prolongation of the fertile life of the sperm, sometimes to almost twice that in the rabbit uterus.
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BEDFORD, J. Fertile Life of Rabbit Spermatozoa in Rat Uterus. Nature 213, 1097–1099 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131097a0
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