(3) The function of the flagellate stage is one of sexual reproduction. (4) The parasite, after entering the fly's intestine in its infective " spore stage," penetrates the intestinal wall in the upper part of the intestine, and reaches the loose areolar tissue under the lining membrane of the intestine, in which it divides by fission, multiplies, and grows to maturity. (5) The process of growt...

An attempt was made to establish the correlation between the time of reaching sexual maturity and the level of psychical development. The material consisted of data obtained from schoolgirls of final classes of 6 secondary schools. In a questionnaire, the girls provided retrospective data concerning the age of menarche, and replied to questions being the basis for sexual maturity evaluation.

abstract relation between sexual maturity and levels of two main steroid hormones in gonads, 17- estradiol (e2) and testosterone (t) were studied by using histological and radioimmunoassay in female kutum rutilus frisii kutum during spawning season of the southern caspian sea. the study was carried out from february to may 2008 using 105 migrated fish specimens catched from the river sefid-rood...

and Implications Estrus activity in virgin heifers tends to affect the outcome in measurements observed during performance and feed utilization tests. Prior to any testing it is prudent to identify those females that have shown estrus activity consistently and those which have not, then evaluate animals for feed efficiency grouped by stage of sexual maturity. Introduction Feed efficiency measur...

The age of criminal responsibility of children in the Islamic Penalties Act has been determined as religious Bulugh (puberty) Nasab. According to this, criminal authorities hold girls criminally liable and punishable at 9 complete lunar years and boys at 15 complete lunar years. Unfortunately, our legislator has set criminal responsibility of children based on sexual maturity; therefore, thousa...

Size at maturity, fecundity, and reproductive periodicity were estimated for the spotted ratWsh, Hydrolagus colliei (Lay and Bennett, 1839), oV the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington. Maximum body size and size at median maturity were greater for females than males. Skeletal muscle concentrations of the steroid hormones testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2) predicted similar, but slightl...

BACKGROUND Data from racially and ethnically diverse US boys are needed to determine ages of onset of secondary sexual characteristics and examine secular trends. Current international studies suggest earlier puberty in boys than previous studies, following recent trend in girls. METHODS Two hundred and twelve practitioners collected Tanner stage and testicular volume data on 4131 boys seen f...

Objectives: To examine physiological influences of adolescent sexual behaviour, including associated psychosocial factors. Methods: Systematic review. Results: Thirteen studies met the inclusion criteria relating to adolescents, physiology and sexual behaviour. We excluded studies relating to abnormal development. Findings highlighted hormonal and gender differences. Females appear to be more i...

In 15 consecutive patients with slipped capital femoral epiphysis we recorded height, weight and skeletal maturity. Sexual maturity was assessed clinically and biochemically, and Harris's hypothesis that there is an increased ratio of serum growth hormone to oestrogen was tested in comparison with 15 age and sex matched controls. We found no difference in skeletal or sexual maturity between the...

Sexual dimorphism in resource allocation is expected to change during the life cycle of dioecious plants because of temporal differences between the sexes in reproductive investment. Given the potential for sex-specific differences in reproductive costs, resource availability may contribute to variation in reproductive allocation in females and males. Here, we used Rumex hastatulus, a dioecious...