WORLD OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY: Messing with Masculinization

Cranes of the World: 5. Comparative Reproductive Biology

Messing with bacterial quorum sensing.

Quorum sensing is widely recognized as an efficient mechanism to regulate expression of specific genes responsible for communal behavior in bacteria. Several bacterial phenotypes essential for the successful establishment of symbiotic, pathogenic, or commensal relationships with eukaryotic hosts, including motility, exopolysaccharide production, biofilm formation, and toxin production, are ofte...

Reproductive Biology of Pigs

Profile of Joachim Messing.

Joachim Messing’s father did not initially approve of his son’s decision to become a scientist. “He was a mason,” Messing explains, “and was hoping that I would just take over his business.” His mother, however, was more supportive, “because she didn’t like the rough climate on the construction sites.” Fortunately for science, his mother prevailed. Messing, the director of the Waksman Institute...

Minisymposium on Reproductive Biology

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