The dominant embryonic gonad--testis in mammals and ovary in birds--secretes one or more morphogenetic substances that exert a major effect on the phenotype of the embryo. When deprived of their gonads, mammalian embryos develop into females, and avian embryos assume predominantly male characteristics, although retaining both oviducts. In order to fulfill their task of masculinizing the reprodu...

The fatty acid compositions of gonadal material was examined for the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris (Gmelin) held in aquaria and fed either salmon feed pellets or the macroalga, Laminaria saccharina for 18 months. Gonadal material was also examined from P. miliaris collected from four field sites, including commercial scallop lines encrusted with the mussel, Mytilus edulis, sea cages stocked ...

Cardiovascular risk is significantly lower in normally cycling women compared with men. This difference is abolished after menopause, suggesting a link with sex steroid hormones. Early studies on cardiac endocrine function disclosed higher natriuretic peptide concentrations in women than in men, suggesting the hypothesis that female sex steroid hormones could directly stimulate cardiomyocyte ho...

Although it is increasingly affordable for emerging model organisms to obtain completely sequenced genomes, further in-depth gene function and expression analyses by RNA interference and stable transgenesis remain limited in many species due to the particular anatomy and molecular cellular biology of the organism. For example, outside of the crown group Caenorhabditis that includes Caenorhabdit...

The quality of sea urchin gonad is important to consumers with high standards for nutrition and taste. However, few studies have been conductedon the molecular mechanisms that determine male female urchins. In this study, our goal was understand differences characteristics between (Strongylocentrotus intermedius) males females. transcriptomes females were obtained, totals 43,797,146 56,222,782 ...

Introduction:Intravenous urography (IVU) test includes high number of images and extended imaging size. These make IVU as a diagnostic method with high absorbed doses by sensitive organs such as intestine and gonads in pelvic-abdominal area. In this study absorbed doses of pelvic-abdomen sensitive organs such as Adrenal, Bladder, Colon and Gonads in IVU test. <stron...

The sardine (Sardina pilchardus) is the most popular species for fishing of the Algerian coast. Five toxic metals zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and iron (Fe) that can affect human health are studied in this fish. Samples are collected monthly between January and December 2019 in the Ghazaouet bay. The collected samples were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry by s...

Abstract Background Swyer syndrome (Pure gonadal dysgenesis, 46 XY) is a rare form of disorder sexual development. These patients presented with external female phenotype, normal Mullerian structures and streak gonads. Pure XY are more likely to develop germ cell tumors due the presence Y chromosome. Case presentation A 19-year-old patient phenotype primary amenorrhea. Clinical examination, Kar...