*To whom correspondence should be addressed: Kunio Shiota, Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Animal Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138657, Japan, Tel: +81-3-5841-5472; Fax: +81-3-5841-8189; Email: [email protected]

* Department of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, USA Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, AL, USA Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, Centre Nacional de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France § Animal Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, AA Haren, The Netherlands – Department of Biology, California State U...

Department of Endocrinology, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai 600113, Department of Biochemistry, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai 600025 and Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India. Present address: Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary...

Authors’ addresses: 1 Biochemistry Section, Department of Basic Medical Sciences; 2 Pathology Department; Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica 3 Chemistry Department; 4 Biology Department; Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A 5 Animal Core Facility, Institute of Human Virology, College of Medicine, University of Maryland...

Şeyda ÖZKAN*, Julian HILL Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, Melbourne Graduate School of Land and Environment, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway Division of Husbandry and Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey Ternes Agricultur...

Anil Kumar Tomar, Sanjay Kumar, Shivani Chhillar, Arumugam Kumaresan, Sarman Singh, Savita Yadav* Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India Theriogenology Lab, Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, India Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi...

Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, ...