1 Reproductive Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slajmerjeva 3, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 Genome Biology Unit and Proteomics Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany 3Division of Reproduction and Early Development, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health andTherapeutics, The LIGHT Laboratori...

Kathryn L. Terrya, Patrick M. Slussb, Steven J. Skatesc,d, Samuel C. Mokd, Bin Yed, Allison F. Vitonisa and Daniel W. Cramera Ob-Gyn Center Epidemiology Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Reproductive Endocrinology Unit Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Biostatist...

This chapter deals with the biology of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius). It contains information for use during risk/safety regulatory assessment genetically engineered varieties intended to be grown in environment (biosafety). includes elements taxonomy, centres origin, cultivation, reproductive biology, genetics, hybridisation and introgression, as well ecology. Annexes present safflower’s co...

There is substantial scientific and public concern about the potential effects of occupational and environmental toxicants on reproductive health. These effects include impaired functioning of the reproductive systems of men and women as well as a broad spectrum of developmental problems expressed in offspring. Research on reproduction and development is among the most complex undertakings in b...

Tara M. Mandalaywala1,2,5), James P. Higham2,3), Michael Heistermann4) & Dario Maestripieri1,2) (1 Department of Comparative Human Development, 5730 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; 2 Institute for Mind and Biology, University of Chicago, 940 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; 3 Junior Research Group on Primate Sexual Selection, Reproductive Biology Unit, German Primate Center...