Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013

Biology of Reproduction

The full issue is now available at academic.oup.com/biolreprod/issue/89/2
ISSN 0006-3363
EISSN 1529-7268


Reproductive Technology

Fundamental Studies of the Reproductive Biology of the Endangered Persian Onager (Equus hemionus onager) Result in First Wild Equid Offspring from Artificial Insemination

Author: Mandi W. Schook, David E. Wildt, Rachael B. Weiss, Barbara A. Wolfe, Kate E. Archibald …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 41, 1-13,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110122

Mouse Cloning Using a Drop of Peripheral Blood

Author: Satoshi Kamimura, Kimiko Inoue, Narumi Ogonuki, Michiko Hirose, Mami Oikawa …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 24, 1-6,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110098

Characteristics of Bovine Inner Cell Mass-Derived Cell Lines and Their Fate in Chimeric Conceptuses

Author: Tadashi Furusawa, Katsuhiro Ohkoshi, Koji Kimura, Shuichi Matsuyama, Satoshi Akagi …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 28, 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.112.106641

Rescue of Vitrified-Warmed Bovine Oocytes with Rho-Associated Coiled-Coil Kinase Inhibitor

Author: In-Sul Hwang, Hiromasa Hara, Hak-Jae Chung, Masumi Hirabayashi, Shinichi Hochi
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 26, 1-6,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.109769


Editorial

What’s in a Word?

Author: Bernard Robaire
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 45, 1-1,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.112086


Ovary

Mouse HORMAD1 Is a Meiosis I Checkpoint Protein That Modulates DNA Double-Strand Break Repair During Female Meiosis

Author: Yong-Hyun Shin, Megan M. McGuire, Aleksandar Rajkovic
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 29, 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.112.106773

The Canonical WNT2 Pathway and FSH Interact to Regulate Gap Junction Assembly in Mouse Granulosa Cells

Author: Hong-Xing Wang, Carolina Gillio-Meina, Shuli Chen, Xiang-Qun Gong, Tony Y. Li …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 39, 1-7,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.109801


Female Reproductive Tract

Hamster Oviductin Regulates Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Sperm Proteins During In Vitro Capacitation

Author: Laurelle Saccary, Yi-Min She, Richard Oko, Frederick W.K. Kan
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 38, 1-11,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.109314

Broad Gap Junction Blocker Carbenoxolone Disrupts Uterine Preparation for Embryo Implantation in Mice

Author: Honglu Diao, Shuo Xiao, Elizabeth W. Howerth, Fei Zhao, Rong Li …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 31, 1-10,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110106

Intrauterine Inhibition of Prostaglandin Transporter Protein Blocks Release of Luteolytic PGF2alpha Pulses Without Suppressing Endometrial Expression of Estradiol or Oxytocin Receptor in Ruminants

Author: JeHoon Lee, John A. McCracken, Sakhila K. Banu, Joe A. Arosh
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 27, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.112.106427


Commentary

Survival of Drowning Sperm: Do Spermatozoa from External Fertilizers Adapt to Differing Osmotic Environments Through the Use of Aquaporins?

Author: Gary N. Cherr
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 36, 1-2,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.112342


Gamete Biology

Regulation of Glucose Phosphate Isomerase by the 3′UTR-Specific miRNAs miR-302b and miR-17-5p in Chicken Primordial Germ Cells

Author: Deivendran Rengaraj, Tae Sub Park, Sang In Lee, Bo Ram Lee, Beom Ku Han …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 33, 1-11,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.112.105692

A Requirement for Fatty Acid Oxidation in the Hormone-Induced Meiotic Maturation of Mouse Oocytes

Author: Deepa Valsangkar, Stephen M. Downs
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 43, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.109058

Prophase I Mouse Oocytes Are Deficient in the Ability to Respond to Fertilization by Decreasing Membrane Receptivity to Sperm and Establishing a Membrane Block to Polyspermy

Author: Cassie A. Kryzak, Maia M. Moraine, Diane D. Kyle, Hyo J. Lee, Caelin Cubeñas-Potts …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 44, 1-13,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110221


Pregnancy

The Unique Expression and Function of miR-424 in Human Placental Trophoblasts

Author: Jean-Francois Mouillet, Rogier B. Donker, Takuya Mishima, Tina Cronqvist, Tianjiao Chu …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 25, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110049

Uterine Infusion of Melatonin or Melatonin Receptor Antagonist Alters Ovine Feto-Placental Hemodynamics During Midgestation

Author: Caleb O. Lemley, Leticia E. Camacho, Kimberly A. Vonnahme
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 40, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.109074


Minireview

Toward a More Precise and Informative Nomenclature Describing Fetal and Neonatal Male Germ Cells in Rodents

Author: John R. McCarrey
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 47, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110502

Gonocytes, from the Fifties to the Present: Is There a Reason to Change the Name?

Author: Martine Culty
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 46, 1-6,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110544


Testis

SOX9 Regulates MicroRNA miR-202-5p/3p Expression During Mouse Testis Differentiation

Author: Elanor N. Wainwright, Joan S. Jorgensen, Youngha Kim, Vy Truong, Stefan Bagheri-Fam …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 34, 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110155

Subcellular Localization of Selectively Permeable Aquaporins in the Male Germ Line of a Marine Teleost Reveals Spatial Redistribution in Activated Spermatozoa

Author: François Chauvigné, Mónica Boj, Sebastiano Vilella, Roderick Nigel Finn, Joan Cerdà
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 37, 1-17,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110783


Mechanisms of Hormone Action

Identification of Ube2b as a Novel Target of Androgen Receptor in Mouse Sertoli Cells

Author: Lisha Mou, Qiaoxia Zhang, Yadong Wang, Qiang Zhang, Liang Sun …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 32, 1-11,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.112.103648

Effects of Ovarian Hormones on Internal Circadian Organization in Rats

Author: Zachary C. Murphy, Pinar Pezuk, Michael Menaker, Michael T. Sellix
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 35, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.109322


Male Reproductive Tract

Epididymosomes Convey Different Repertoires of MicroRNAs Throughout the Bovine Epididymis

Author: Clémence Belleannée, Ézequiel Calvo, Julieta Caballero, Robert Sullivan
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 30, 1-11,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.110486

The Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Substrate 2 (FRS2) in the Regulation of Two Activity Levels of the Components of the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase (ERK) Pathway in the Mouse Epididymis

Author: Bingfang Xu, Ling Yang, Barry T. Hinton
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 48, 1-13,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.112.107185


Embryo

Temporal and Developmental-Stage Variation in the Occurrence of Mitotic Errors in Tripronuclear Human Preimplantation Embryos

Author: Eleni Mantikou, Jannie van Echten-Arends, Birgit Sikkema-Raddatz, Fulco van der Veen, Sjoerd Repping …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 42, 1-7,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.107946


World of Reproductive Biology

World of Reproductive Biology

Author: Charlotte Schubert, Ph.D.
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 22, 1-3,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.111179


Neuroendocrinology

Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Lesions Block Syrian Hamster Testicular Regression in Short Day Lengths Without Diminishing Increased Testosterone Negative-Feedback Sensitivity

Author: Stephan G. Jarjisian, David J. Piekarski, Ned J. Place, Joseph R. Driscoll, Eve G. Paxton …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 89, Issue 2, 1 August 2013, 23, 1-5,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.109587