Background: The breeding performance is an important parameter to evaluate the breeding success in captive condition. The optimum hormone dose in combination with latency period is desirable for getting best breeding performance in fish. Objectives: <span style="color: win...

The reproductive strategy of diatoms includes asexual and sexual phases, but in many species, including the model centric diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, sexual reproduction has never been observed. Furthermore, the environmental factors that trigger sexual reproduction in diatoms are not understood. Although genome sequences of a few diatoms are available, little is known about the molecular ...

As emerging pollutants, microplastics (MPs) have been found globally in various freshwater and marine matrices. This study recompiled 270 endpoints of 3765 individuals from 43 publications, reporting the onset enhanced biological performance reduced oxidative stress biomarkers induced by MPs aquatic organisms at environmentally relevant concentrations (?1 mg/L, median = 0.1 mg/L). The stimulato...

Background and Aim: Diabetes can lead to reduced fertility in men by production of free radicals. Crocin (the effective component&nbsp;of saffron) with its antioxidant property can be effective in elimination of free radicals. We evaluated the effects of crocin on the reproductive parameters of the STZ &ndash;induced diabetic male Wistar rats. Materials and Method: Rats were made diabetic with...

Background: The mammalian oocyte has the unique feature of supporting fertilization and normal development while being able of reprogramming the nuclei of somatic cells towards pluripotency, and occasionally even totipotency. Whilst oocyte quality is known to decay with somatic ageing, it is not a given that different biological functions decay concurrently. In this study, we tested whether ooc...

background: the breeding performance is an important parameter to evaluate the breeding success in captive condition. the optimum hormone dose in combination with latency period is desirable for getting best breeding performance in fish. objectives: the objective of the study was to find the spawning latency period in the hormonal induced reproduction of snow trout with two inducers (ovaprim an...

Because of their role in mediating life-history trade-offs, hormones are expected to be strongly associated with components of fitness; however, few studies have examined how natural selection acts on hormonal variation in the wild. In a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), field experiments have shown that exogenous testosterone alters individuals' resolution of the survival-reprodu...