Previous studies have demonstrated that the agricultural antibiotic jinggangmycin (JGM) stimulates reproduction in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Stål and that the stimulation of brown planthopper reproduction induced by JGM is regulated by the fatty acid synthase (FAS) and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) genes. However, a key issue in the stimulation of reproduction induced by pesticide...

Cryptococcus neoformans is a human fungal pathogen that undergoes a dimorphic transition from yeast to hyphae during a-α opposite-sex mating and α-α unisexual reproduction (same-sex mating). Infectious spores are generated during both processes. We previously identified a sex-induced silencing (SIS) pathway in the C. neoformans serotype A var. grubii lineage, in which tandem transgene arrays tr...

introduction: thyroid hormones play an important role in the regulation of metabolism, maturity and reproduction. thyroid dysfunction affects almost all endocrine glands such as pituitary and testis. the aim of this study was to investigate alterations of testosterone and luteinizing hormone (lh) serum levels as well as weights of thyroid gland and testes in methimazole (mmi)-induced hypothyroi...

Like all other Canadian legislation, in order to be valid law, the provisions of Bill C-13, An act respecting assisted human reproduction, must be consistent with the terms of Canada’s Constitution, and, in particular, must not unjustifiab ly infringe upon the individual rights and freedoms set out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. With this fundamental legal principle in mind, th...