Zbigniew Adamski 1, 2 Eliza Rybska and Jerzy Błoszyk 4, 5 Electron and Confocal Microscope Laboratory/2 Department of Animal Physiology and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, The Faculty Laboratory for Teaching Biology and Natural Science. Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, Department of General Zoology/5 Natural H...

embryonic stem cells (escs) are undifferentiated cells which are typically derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst-stage embryo. in culture, these cells have the capacity to self-renew in an undifferentiated state but also may differentiate into cell types representing the three embryonic germ lineages, thus revealing their pluripotent potential. these cells could be of value for creat...

Animal breeding traditionally has entailed devising means to apply quantitative and population genetic theory to increase productive capacity of livestock. A highly developed and successful industry has been built on foundations established by academic animal breeders. Recent developments in related sciences such as reproductive biology, molecular biology, cellular biology, and cytogenetics off...

of this problem, "animal models in psychiatry" is included in the section on "Biology of Depression," a review of animal models is absent from the section on "Biology of Schizophrenia," and two of the four chapters in the "Biology of Anxiety" section review animal models. Also, the quality of the chapters varies noticeably in this book. In contrast to many chapters written with depth and clarit...

Availability of the mouse genome sequence will have a major impact on the study of vertebrate evolution, mammalian biology, and animal models of human disease. Resources to explore genome biology in mice will maximize the effect of this watershed event.

Agricultural animal research has been immensely successful over the past century in developing technology and methodologies that have dramatically enhanced production efficiency of the beef, dairy, swine, poultry, sheep, and aquaculture industries. Most of this research effort has been conducted within the broad disciplines of genetics, physiology, and nutrition, but has become increasingly nar...

The article discusses the main stages in history of science school ecological physiology animals at Institute Biology Karelian Research Center Russian Academy Sciences and contributions individual scientists to its development. specifics development scientific achievements members over a half-century period are recounted. Current research areas prospects for future considered. emergence is asso...

Station d’Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS a Moulis, USR 2936, 09200 Moulis,, France Department of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, 131 Life Sciences Bu...

Martin Plath1,2,3,4) (1 Unit of Animal Ecology, Department of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 1, 14469 Potsdam, Germany; 2 Unit of Evolutionary Biology and Systematic Zoology, Department of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; 3 Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 730 Van Vleet Oval, Norman...