Reproduction

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Feeling the force" in reproduction: Mechanotransduction in reproductive processes. 
  • A cline in seed dormancy helps conserve the environment experienced during reproduction across the range of Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • A generalized least-squares estimate for the origin of sporophytic self-incompatibility. 
  • A membrane-associated progesterone-binding protein, 25-Dx, is regulated by progesterone in brain regions involved in female reproductive behaviors. 
  • A putative causal relationship between genetically determined female body shape and posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • A simple method for computing exact probabilities of mutation numbers. 
  • A survey of the practices and opinions of the domestic members of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. 
  • A test of the chromosomal rearrangement model of speciation in Drosophila pseudoobscura. 
  • A unique fungal two-component system regulates stress responses, drug sensitivity, sexual development, and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • A widespread chromosomal inversion polymorphism contributes to a major life-history transition, local adaptation, and reproductive isolation. 
  • Adenylyl cyclase functions downstream of the Galpha protein Gpa1 and controls mating and pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Adult survival, maturation, and reproduction of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria infected with the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var acridum. 
  • Age and individual foraging behavior predict tooth wear in Amboseli baboons. 
  • Aging. It's never too late. 
  • Alcohol, drugs, caffeine, tobacco, and environmental contaminant exposure: reproductive health consequences and clinical implications. 
  • Alteration of human sperm kinematics in cervical mucus due to nonoxynol-9. 
  • Amenorrhea: observations based on the analysis of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone testing. 
  • An evaluative process for assessing human reproductive and developmental toxicity of agents. 
  • Anchoring ethinylestradiol induced gene expression changes with testicular morphology and reproductive function in the medaka. 
  • Animal dispersal dynamics promoting dioecy over hermaphroditism. 
  • Anticipation of oxidative damage decelerates aging in virgin female medflies: hypothesis tested by statistical modeling. 
  • Are plant populations seed limited? A critique and meta-analysis of seed addition experiments. 
  • Biotic interactions and plant invasions. 
  • CO2, nitrogen, and diversity differentially affect seed production of prairie plants. 
  • Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model for Toxic Effects of Nanoparticles: Lethality, Growth, and Reproduction. 
  • Capacity of mosquitoes to transmit malaria depends on larval environment. 
  • Carbonic anhydrase and CO2 sensing during Cryptococcus neoformans growth, differentiation, and virulence. 
  • Causes and consequences of unequal seedling production in forest trees: a case study in red oaks. 
  • Chemical mediation of egg capsule deposition by mud snails. 
  • Chromosomal inversions and the reproductive isolation of species. 
  • Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer. 
  • Combined effects of dietary phytoestrogen and synthetic endocrine-active compound on reproductive development in Sprague-Dawley rats: genistein and methoxychlor. 
  • Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation. 
  • Completing the cycle: maternal effects as the missing link in plant life histories. 
  • Concessions of an alpha male? Cooperative defence and shared reproduction in multi-male primate groups. 
  • Conflicting selection in the course of adaptive diversification: the interplay between mutualism and intraspecific competition. 
  • Continuous prostaglandin-F 2 infusion for middle-trimester abortion. 
  • Criteria for identifying and listing substances known to cause reproductive toxicity under California's Proposition 65. 
  • Cycle control with triphasic norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol, a new oral contraceptive agent. 
  • DNA sequence characterization and molecular evolution of MAT1 and MAT2 mating-type loci of the self-compatible ascomycete mold Neosartorya fischeri. 
  • Deficits in reproduction and pro-gonadotropin-releasing hormone processing in male Cpefat mice. 
  • Dietary CdSe/ZnS quantum dot exposure in estuarine fish: bioavailability, oxidative stress responses, reproduction, and maternal transfer. 
  • Disruption of the mouse oestrogen receptor gene: resulting phenotypes and experimental findings. 
  • Dissecting the Roles of the Calcineurin Pathway in Unisexual Reproduction, Stress Responses, and Virulence in Cryptococcus deneoformans. 
  • Distinct and overlapping roles of two gibberellin 3-oxidases in Arabidopsis development. 
  • Distinct and redundant roles of exonucleases in Cryptococcus neoformans: implications for virulence and mating. 
  • Diversity of ageing across the tree of life. 
  • Do juveniles help or hinder? Influence of juvenile offspring on maternal behavior and reproductive outcomes in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). 
  • Downwelling spectral irradiance during evening twilight as a function of the lunar phase. 
  • Dual modes of aging in Mediterranean fruit fly females. 
  • Dynamic reciprocity between cells and their microenvironment in reproduction. 
  • Early life co-exposures to a real-world PAH mixture and hypoxia result in later life and next generation consequences in medaka (Oryzias latipes). 
  • Ecological context and the importance of body and gnathopod size for pairing success in two amphipod ecomorphs. 
  • Ecological divergence associated with mating system causes nearly complete reproductive isolation between sympatric Mimulus species. 
  • Ecological meltdown in predator-free forest fragments. 
  • Ecology. North Atlantic right whales in crisis. 
  • Ectopic pregnancy: 'classic' vs common presentation. 
  • Effect of synthetic thymic and pineal peptides on biomarkers of ageing, survival and spontaneous tumour incidence in female CBA mice. 
  • Effects of Beauveria bassiana on survival, blood-feeding success, and fecundity of Aedes aegypti in laboratory and semi-field conditions. 
  • Effects of a locus affecting floral pigmentation in Ipomoea purpurea on female fitness components. 
  • Effects of fat supplementation and immature alfalfa to concentrate ratio on plasma progesterone, energy balance and reproductive traits of dairy cattle. 
  • Effects of husbandry practices, gender, and normal physiological variation on growth and reproduction of Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes. 
  • Effects of plant sex on range distributions and allocation to reproduction. 
  • Effects of postpartum psychiatric illnesses on family planning. 
  • Effects of smoking and of induced abortion on pregnancy outcome. 
  • Effects of subchronic exposure to a complex mixture of persistent contaminants in male rats: systemic, immune, and reproductive effects. 
  • Effects of variation at the flower-colour A locus on mating system parameters in Ipomoea purpurea. 
  • Egalitarianism in female African lions. 
  • Electronic tagging and population structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna. 
  • Endocrine features of menstrual cycles in middle and late reproductive age and the menopausal transition classified according to the Staging of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW) staging system. 
  • Endocrine modulation of reproduction. 
  • Enemies maintain hyperdiverse tropical forests. 
  • Estimation of energetic condition in wild baboons using fecal thyroid hormone determination. 
  • Ethics of postmortem sperm retrieval: ethics of sperm retrieval after death or persistent vegetative state. 
  • Eukaryotic Sexual Reproduction Evoked "with a Little Help from My Friends". 
  • Evaluating chemical and other agent exposures for reproductive and developmental toxicity. 
  • Evaluation of the developmental neuroendocrine and reproductive toxicology of aluminium. 
  • Evidence for sexuality in the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Evolution of fungal sexual reproduction. 
  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny. 
  • Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes. 
  • Evolution under tight linkage to mating type. 
  • Evolution. Getting to the root of aging. 
  • Evolutionary optimality applied to Drosophila experiments: hypothesis of constrained reproductive efficiency. 
  • Exceptional endocrine profiles characterise the meerkat: sex, status, and reproductive patterns. 
  • Exposure to naturally circulating androgens during foetal life incurs direct reproductive costs in female spotted hyenas, but is prerequisite for male mating. 
  • Fecundability of female twins. 
  • Female competition in chimpanzees. 
  • Fitness consequences of altered feeding behavior in immune-challenged mosquitoes. 
  • Frank Lillie's freemartin: illuminating the pathway to 21st century reproductive endocrinology. 
  • From nest to nest--influence of ecology and reproduction on the active period of adult Gombe chimpanzees. 
  • Function of Cryptococcus neoformans KAR7 (SEC66) in karyogamy during unisexual and opposite-sex mating. 
  • Fungal mating-type loci. 
  • Fungal mating: Candida albicans flips a switch to get in the mood. 
  • Generation and phenotypic analysis of mice lacking all urea transporters. 
  • Generation-biased gene expression in a bryophyte model system. 
  • Genetic ablation of the steroid receptor coactivator-ubiquitin ligase, E6-AP, results in tissue-selective steroid hormone resistance and defects in reproduction. 
  • Genetic characterization and functional analysis of the GID1 gibberellin receptors in Arabidopsis. 
  • Genetic counseling and testing for FMR1 gene mutations: practice guidelines of the national society of genetic counselors. 
  • Genetic dissection of late-life fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Genetic effects on mating success and partner choice in a social mammal. 
  • Genetic origins of social networks in rhesus macaques. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success, and genotype x environment interactions. 
  • Great ranging associated with greater reproductive investment in mammals. 
  • Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda. 
  • Helicobacter infection decreases reproductive performance of IL10-deficient mice. 
  • Hepatic adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia. 
  • Hormonal correlates of natal dispersal and rank attainment in wild male baboons. 
  • Host-pathogen interactions in a varying environment: temperature, behavioural fever and fitness. 
  • How Obamacare will impact reproductive health. 
  • How Should We Estimate the Cost-effectiveness of Interventions That Affect Reproduction? 
  • Identification of the mating-type (MAT) locus that controls sexual reproduction of Blastomyces dermatitidis. 
  • Immigration and hybridization patterns of yellow and anubis baboons in and around Amboseli, Kenya. 
  • In situ imaging in C. elegans reveals developmental regulation of microtubule dynamics. 
  • In vitro synthesis of steroids by a feminising adrenocortical carcinoma: effect of prolactin and other protein hormones. 
  • Incomplete control and concessions explain mating skew in male chimpanzees. 
  • Incubation temperature effects on hatchling performance in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). 
  • Indecision. 
  • Individual variation in inbreeding depression: the roles of inbreeding history and mutation. 
  • Interploidal hybridization and mating patterns in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex. 
  • Interpreting the genomic landscape of speciation: a road map for finding barriers to gene flow. 
  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair. 
  • Larval release behaviors in the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus: role of peptide pheromones. 
  • Larval release rhythm of the mole crab Emerita talpoida (Say). 
  • Lotka's game in predator-prey theory: linking populations to individuals. 
  • Low level exposure to the flame retardant BDE-209 reduces thyroid hormone levels and disrupts thyroid signaling in fathead minnows. 
  • Mating-type-specific and nonspecific PAK kinases play shared and divergent roles in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Mechanistic plasticity of sexual reproduction and meiosis in the Candida pathogenic species complex. 
  • Metabolic regulation of oocyte cell death through the CaMKII-mediated phosphorylation of caspase-2. 
  • Metapopulation extinction thresholds in rain forest remnants. 
  • Microbial genetics: Love the one you're with. 
  • Midtrimester abortion induced by serial intravaginal administration of prostaglandin E2 suppositories in conjunction with a contraceptive diaphragm. 
  • Midtrimester abortion induced by single intra-amniotic instillation of two dose schedules of 15(S)-15-methyl-prostaglandin F2alpha. 
  • Migratory movements, depth preferences, and thermal biology of Atlantic bluefin tuna. 
  • Minor quantitative trait loci underlie floral traits associated with mating system divergence in Mimulus. 
  • Morning glory as a powerful model in ecological genomics: tracing adaptation through both natural and artificial selection. 
  • Multiple phenotypic changes in mice after knockout of the B3gnt5 gene, encoding Lc3 synthase--a key enzyme in lacto-neolacto ganglioside synthesis. 
  • Mutational origin of new mating type specificities in flowering plants. 
  • Mutations causing hemophilia B: direct estimate of the underlying rates of spontaneous germ-line transitions, transversions, and deletions in a human gene. 
  • NTP-CERHR expert panel report on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of hydroxyurea. 
  • Natural hybridization between genera that diverged from each other approximately 60 million years ago. 
  • Natural selection on extrafloral nectar production in Chamaecrista fasciculata: the costs and benefits of a mutualism trait. 
  • Natural variation for a hybrid incompatibility between two species of Mimulus. 
  • Neuroendocrinology of melatonin in reproduction: recent developments. 
  • Of more than one mind: obstetrician-gynecologists' approaches to morally controversial decisions in sexual and reproductive healthcare. 
  • On the evolution of genetic incompatibility systems. V. Origin of sporophytic self-incompatibility in response to overdominance in viability. 
  • On the evolution of genetic incompatibility systems. VI. A three-locus modifier model for the origin of gametophytic self-incompatibility. 
  • On the evolutionary costs of self-incompatibility: incomplete reproductive compensation due to pollen limitation. 
  • Optimal semelparity. 
  • Oral contraceptive use, reproductive history, and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in women with and without endometriosis. 
  • Organization and evolutionary trajectory of the mating type (MAT) locus in dermatophyte and dimorphic fungal pathogens. 
  • Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction. 
  • Parallels in intercellular communication in oomycete and fungal pathogens of plants and humans. 
  • Parasitism in species of Bathymodiolus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) mussels from deep-sea seep and hydrothermal vents. 
  • Parental dietary seleno-L-methionine exposure and resultant offspring developmental toxicity. 
  • Patient Sex, Reproductive Status, and Synthetic Hormone Use Associate With Histologic Severity of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. 
  • Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001. 
  • Patterns of nucleotide diversity in two species of Mimulus are affected by mating system and asymmetric introgression. 
  • Perspectives: the possible influence of assisted reproductive technologies on transgenerational reproductive effects of environmental endocrine disruptors. 
  • Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution contribute to advancing flowering phenology in response to climate change. 
  • Photoperiod throughout the maternal life cycle, not photoperiod during seed imbibition, influences germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. 
  • Physical stress modifies top-down and bottom-up forcing on plant growth and reproduction in a coastal ecosystem. 
  • Plant population dynamics, pollinator foraging, and the selection of self-fertilization. 
  • Plant speciation. 
  • Plasma membrane polarization during mating in yeast cells. 
  • Pleiotropic effects of deubiquitinating enzyme Ubp5 on growth and pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Pregnancy outcomes among adolescent and older women receiving comprehensive prenatal care. 
  • REC, Drosophila MCM8, drives formation of meiotic crossovers. 
  • Recurrent polyploid origins and chloroplast phylogeography in the Arabis holboellii complex (Brassicaceae). 
  • Reduced levels of DNA polymerase delta induce chromosome fragile site instability in yeast. 
  • Reproduction and Growth in a Murine Model of Early Life-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 
  • Reproduction and population growth in free-ranging mantled howling monkeys. 
  • Reproduction and survival in Mediterranean fruit flies: a "protein and energy" free radical model of aging. 
  • Reproductive Mode and the Evolution of Genome Size and Structure in Caenorhabditis Nematodes. 
  • Reproductive aging patterns in primates reveal that humans are distinct. 
  • Reproductive and general metabolic effects of phytoestrogens in mammals. 
  • Reproductive behavior in wild baboons. 
  • Reproductive endocrine patterns and volatile urinary compounds of Arctictis binturong: discovering why bearcats smell like popcorn. 
  • Reproductive improvement and senescence in a long-lived bird. 
  • Reproductive potential predicts longevity of female Mediterranean fruitflies. 
  • Reproductive skew in female common marmosets: what can proximate mechanisms tell us about ultimate causes? 
  • Reproductive state and rank influence patterns of meat consumption in wild female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). 
  • Reproductive uncertainty and the relative competitiveness of simultaneous hermaphroditism versus dioecy. 
  • Review. The strength and genetic basis of reproductive isolating barriers in flowering plants. 
  • Review. The strength and genetic basis of reproductive isolating barriers in flowering plants. 
  • Rising CO2 levels and the fecundity of forest trees. 
  • Same-sex mating and the origin of the Vancouver Island Cryptococcus gattii outbreak. 
  • Screening of potential reproductive toxicants by use of porcine granulosa cell cultures. 
  • Seasonal regression in testicular size and histology in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, L.) from the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine 
  • Seasonality, sociality, and reproduction: Long-term stressors of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). 
  • Seed predation and climate impacts on reproductive variation in temperate forests of the southeastern USA. 
  • Selection through female fitness helps to explain the maintenance of male flowers. 
  • Selection through male function favors smaller floral display size in the common morning glory Ipomoea purpurea (Convolvulaceae). 
  • Self-fertilization and the escape from pollen limitation in variable pollination environments. 
  • Sex as contract: abortion and expanded choice. 
  • Sex in fungi. 
  • Sex-induced silencing defends the genome of Cryptococcus neoformans via RNAi. 
  • Sex-specific incompatibility generates locus-specific rates of introgression between species. 
  • Sexual reproduction of human fungal pathogens. 
  • Should a lion change its spots? 
  • Signature Patterns of MHC Diversity in Three Gombe Communities of Wild Chimpanzees Reflect Fitness in Reproduction and Immune Defense against SIVcpz. 
  • Social bonds of female baboons enhance infant survival. 
  • Soybean isoflavones improve cardiovascular risk factors without affecting the reproductive system of peripubertal rhesus monkeys. 
  • Speciation on a local geographic scale: the evolution of a rare rock outcrop specialist in Mimulus. 
  • Sporangiospore size dimorphism is linked to virulence of Mucor circinelloides. 
  • State of the art: Reproduction and pregnancy in rheumatic diseases. 
  • Stress and parental care in a wild Teleost fish: insights from exogenous supraphysiological cortisol implants. 
  • Structuring an ethical decision dilemma. 
  • Success of mutant Drosophila at different sex ratios. 
  • Temporal coexistence mechanisms contribute to the latitudinal gradient in forest diversity. 
  • Testosterone positively associated with both male mating effort and paternal behavior in Savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus). 
  • The Ascomycota tree of life: a phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits. 
  • The Drosophila copper transporter Ctr1C functions in male fertility. 
  • The cell-specific nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 plays multiple roles in reproductive function. 
  • The differential expression of wound-inducible lipoxygenase genes in soybean leaves. 
  • The effects of climate change on harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus). 
  • The evolution of conspecific sperm precedence in Drosophila. 
  • The evolution of intrinsic reproductive isolation in the genus Cakile (Brassicaceae). 
  • The evolutionary dynamics of self-incompatibility systems. 
  • The healthy men study: design and recruitment considerations for environmental epidemiologic studies in male reproductive health. 
  • The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus can complete its sexual cycle during a pathogenic association with plants. 
  • The impact of diet switching on resource allocation to reproduction and longevity in Mediterranean fruitflies. 
  • The influence of dominance rank on the reproductive success of female chimpanzees. 
  • The mating type locus (MAT) and sexual reproduction of Cryptococcus heveanensis: insights into the evolution of sex and sex-determining chromosomal regions in fungi. 
  • The minimum size of leatherbacks at reproductive maturity, with a review of sizes for nesting females from the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins 
  • The nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 acts at multiple levels of the reproductive axis. 
  • The origin of helping: the role of variability in reproductive potential. 
  • The physiologic consequences of vas ligation. 
  • The prediction and/or detection of ovulation by means of urinary steroid assays. 
  • The role of breast-feeding beyond postpartum amenorrhoea on the return of fertility in India: a life table and hazards model analysis. 
  • Transcription factors Mat2 and Znf2 operate cellular circuits orchestrating opposite- and same-sex mating in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Two-sex population dynamics in space: effects of gestation time on persistence. 
  • URF13, a ligand-gated, pore-forming receptor for T-toxin in the inner membrane of cms-T mitochondria. 
  • Understanding the link between malaria risk and climate. 
  • Unifying genetic canalization, genetic constraint, and genotype-by-environment interaction: QTL by genomic background by environment interaction of flowering time in Boechera stricta. 
  • Unisexual reproduction drives evolution of eukaryotic microbial pathogens. 
  • Unisexual reproduction enhances fungal competitiveness by promoting habitat exploration via hyphal growth and sporulation. 
  • Using hierarchical bayes to understand movement, health, and survival in the endangered north atlantic right whale. 
  • Variability in reproductive success viewed from a life-history perspective in baboons. 
  • Vertebrate Reproduction. 
  • What fecundity patterns indicate about aging and longevity: insights from Drosophila studies. 
  • Workshop to identify critical windows of exposure for children's health: reproductive health in children and adolescents work group summary. 
  • [A model of resource reallocation during physiological adaptation in Mediterranean fruit fly females]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Alberts, Susan C., Robert F. Durden Professor of Biology, Duke Science & Society
  • Kearney, Hutton Moore, Assistant Consulting Professor in the Department of Pathology, Pathology
  • McLendon, Roger Edwin, Professor of Pathology, Pathology
  • Noor, Mohamed A. F., Professor of Biology, Duke Science & Society
  • Wray, Gregory Allan, Professor of Biology, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship