Phenology refers to the periodic appearance of life-cycle events and currently receives
abundant attention as the effects of global change on phenology are so apparent …

Many scientific studies have revealed a trend towards an earlier onset of puberty and have
disclosed an increasing number of children that display precocious puberty. As an …

A reliable, easy to assess marker for fertility in agricultural species would be highly desirable
and Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) is a promising candidate. This review summarizes …

First an admission. As an alleged election expert with nearly 50 of the things notched on my
bedpost I should be pretty good at picking a result. While this was the case for many years, I …

Previously, the expression and action of GnIH (Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone) has been
characterized in the hypothalamus and pituitary, respectively. The action of this …

Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) has now been suggested as an important
intraovarian regulatory factor. Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) a hypothalamic …

Hypothalamic neurons, which produce the kisspeptin family of peptide hormones (Kp), are
critical for initiating puberty and maintaining estrous cyclicity by stimulating gonadotropin …

Vertebrate gonads are the sites of synthesis and binding of many peptides that were initially
classified as neuropeptides. These gonadal neuropeptide systems are neither well …

RF-amide neuropeptides, with their typical Arg-Phe-NH 2 signature at their carboxyl C-
termini, belong to a lineage of peptides that spans almost the entire life tree. Throughout …

In birds, stressful environmental conditions delay the timing of breeding but the underlying
mechanisms are poorly understood. The stress hormone corticosterone appears to be a …