Traumatic mating behaviors often bear signatures of sexual conflict and are then typically considered a male strategy to circumvent female choice mechanisms. In an extravagant mating ritual, the hermaphroditic sea slug Siphopteron quadrispinosum pierces the integument of their mating partners with a syringe-like penile stylet that injects prostate fluids. Traumatic injection is followed by the ...

bjective: To review a 12-year experience of the world’s three largest preimplantation genetic diagnosis PGD) centers. esign: Multicenter analysis of the clinical outcome of PGD. etting: In vitro fertilization programs at the Reproductive Genetics Institute, Chicago, Illinois; Saint arnabas Medical Center, West Orange, New Jersey; and SISMER, Bologna, Italy. atient(s): Poor-prognosis IVF patient...

Grain amaranth is an emerging crop that produces seeds having high quality protein with balanced amino-acid content. However, production is restricted by agronomic limitations that result in yields that are lower than those normally produced by cereals. In this work, the use of five different rhizobacteria were explored as a strategy to promote growth and yields in Amaranthus hypochondriacus cv...

Infertility is one of the most significant human health problems reproductive years. The causes infertility are diverse and numerous-including non-genetic genetic factors. A review this case confirmed this. balanced translocation was found in two siblings diagnosed with azoospermia. After being unable to conceive, older brother his wife had vitro fertilization (IVF) failed. At same time, younge...