hat was known about environmental conaminants that may affect human fertility. he gathering (Understanding Environental Contaminants and Human Fertility ompromise: Science and Strategy) marked he first time infertility, women’s health, and eproductive rights advocates met with reearchers in reproductive epidemiology, bilogy, toxicology, and clinical medicine to ssess the state of environmental ...

Ageniella Banks, 1912 is a paraphyletic group exclusive to the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. The genus has remarkable morphological diversity among species strong sexual dimorphism, hampering taxonomic studies of it. Herein, we add two new fauna Ageniella: A. caerulea sp. nov. belonging subgenus Ameragenia ruschi Priophanes; both are described illustrated. A brief discussion subgeneric char...

We describe a case of acute liver failure and death associated with the use of a preparation containing the "natural" anxiolytic kava (Piper methysticum) and passionflower (Passiflora incarnata). The patient died after a report by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) warning of the potential for hepatotoxicity associated with the use of kava-containing products. The general public and alt...

Interspecific hybrids can be studied using methodologies in which the male gamete with high reproduction potential, viability, and fertility is prioritized. Passiflora species, lush, showy, exotic colors, have great potential for ornamental plant market. In addition, artificial were developed without many difficulties because of weak reproductive barriers. Thus, meiotic post-meiotic behaviors a...

Interspecific crosses between the more than 520 Passiflora species may or not be compatible. The sequences ITS, matK, psbA-trnH, rbcL and trnL-F were used to confirm identity estimate genetic distances among 48 accessions of a germplasm bank. Twenty for within distinct subgenera. phylogenetic resolution based on ITS data was superior that any single chloroplast marker, recommending it as DNA ba...

Abstract Sweet passion fruit (Passiflora alata Curtis) is a species native to Brazil that economically important for consumption and can also be used as an ornamental plant. The objective of this work was evaluate different forms storing Passiflora seeds the purpose preserving accessions in germplasm banks. Three experiments were performed. In first, without aril stored two periods (one three y...