Tissue clearing and imaging approaches for in toto analysis of the reproductive system

L Folts, AS Martinez, J McKey - Biology of Reproduction, 2024 - academic.oup.com
New microscopy techniques in combination with tissue clearing protocols and emerging
analytical approaches have presented researchers with the tools to understand dynamic …

Understanding the role of environmental temperature on sex determination through comparative studies in reptiles and amphibians

H Akashi, D Hasui, K Ueda, M Ishikawa… - … Zoology Part A …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In vertebrates, species exhibit phenotypic plasticity of sex determination that the sex can
plastically be determined by the external environmental temperature through a mechanism …

Health of wild fish exposed to contaminants of emerging concern in freshwater ecosystems utilized by a Minnesota Tribal community

JR Deere, MD Jankowski, A Primus… - Integrated …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fish serve as indicators of exposure to contaminants of emerging concern (CECs)—
chemicals such as pharmaceuticals, hormones, and personal care products—which are …

[HTML][HTML] Aspects of spermatogenesis in immature and mature specimens of the long-lived Greenland shark: Novelties concerning the germinal compartment's …

LM McClusky, J Nielsen, JS Christiansen - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Cystic spermatogenesis in the subadult, maturing and adult Greenland shark (Somniosus
microcephalus) displays multiple novel features, characterized early on by an unorganized …

Regulation of androgen receptor stability by the β1Pix/STUB1 complex

A Chahdi, C Jorgez, A Seth - The FASEB Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The androgen receptor (AR) is essential in the development and differentiation of testes and
male genitalia. AR expression is tightly regulated at the translational and posttranslational …

Early mouse ovarian follicles develop into a thecal cell network that generates androgens during peri-puberty

Q Yin, AC Spradling - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The earliest mouse fetal ovarian follicles (wave 1) grow rapidly in the ovarian medulla but
their function remains unclear. We found these follicles do not produce mature oocytes but …

Histological description of gonadal development in a neotropical insectivorous bat Eumops patagonicus (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

FE Rodriguez, GB Olea, MV Aguirre, DM Lombardo - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The order Chiroptera is one of the most diverse orders in terms of the number of species,
however, very few studies have been conducted in this group regarding its embryonic …