Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014

Biology of Reproduction

The full issue is now available at academic.oup.com/biolreprod/issue/91/6
ISSN 0006-3363
EISSN 1529-7268


World of Reproductive Biology

SSR 2014: Australian Research Reins in Assisted Reproduction

Author: Charlotte Schubert, Ph.D.
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 130, 1-2,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.124933

Planting the Paternal Genome

Author: Charlotte Schubert, Ph.D.
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 131, 1-1,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.125062

Oocyte Wake-Up Call

Author: Charlotte Schubert, Ph.D.
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 132, 1-1,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.125294

Giving Protamines the Boot

Author: Charlotte Schubert, Ph.D.
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 133, 1-1,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.125435


Minireview

Tissue-Specific Stem Cells in the Myometrium and Tumor-Initiating Cells in Leiomyoma

Author: Masanori Ono, Serdar E. Bulun, Tetsuo Maruyama
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 149, 1-7,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.123794


Behavior

Sexual Attractiveness in Male Rats Is Associated with Greater Concentration of Major Urinary Proteins

Author: Vineet Kumar, Anand Vasudevan, Linda Jing Ting Soh, Choo Le Min, Ajai Vyas …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 150, 1-7,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.117903


Embryo

Dynamic Proteomic Profiles of In Vivo- and In Vitro-Produced Mouse Postimplantation Extraembryonic Tissues and Placentas

Author: Linlin Sui, Lei An, Kun Tan, Zhuqing Wang, Shumin Wang …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 155, 1-16,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.124248


Female Reproductive Tract

Differential Expression of miRNAs and Their Target mRNAs in Endometria Prior to Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy Associates with Endometrial Receptivity for In Vivo- and In Vitro-Produced Bovine Embryos

Author: Siriluck Ponsuksili, Dawit Tesfaye, Karl Schellander, Michael Hoelker, Frieder Hadlich …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 135, 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.121392

Persistent Genital Hyperinnervation Following Progesterone Administration to Adolescent Female Rats

Author: Zhaohui Liao, Peter G. Smith
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 144, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.121103

Canine Placental Prostaglandin E2 Synthase: Expression, Localization, and Biological Functions in Providing Substrates for Prepartum PGF2alpha Synthesis

Author: Aykut Gram, Barbara Fox, Urs Büchler, Alois Boos, Bernd Hoffmann …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 154, 1-14,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.122929


Gamete Biology

Sperm DNA Methylation Analysis in Swine Reveals Conserved and Species-Specific Methylation Patterns and Highlights an Altered Methylation at the GNAS Locus in Infertile Boars

Author: Annabelle Congras, Martine Yerle-Bouissou, Alain Pinton, Florence Vignoles, Laurence Liaubet …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 137, 1-14,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.119610

LewisX-Containing Glycans on the Porcine Oviductal Epithelium Contribute to Formation of the Sperm Reservoir

Author: Sergio A. Machado, Govindasamy Kadirvel, Bradford W. Daigneault, Claudia Korneli, Paul Miller …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 140, 1-9,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.119503

FGF8-FGFR1 Signaling Acts as a Niche Factor for Maintaining Undifferentiated Spermatogonia in the Mouse

Author: Kazuteru Hasegawa, Yumiko Saga
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 145, 1-8,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.121012

Regulation of Axonemal Motility in Demembranated Equine Sperm

Author: Shavahn C. Loux, Beatríz Macías-Garcia, Lauro González-Fernández, Heloisa DeSiqueira Canesin, Dickson D. Varner …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 152, 1-16,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.122804


Immunology

Oxygen Modulates Human Decidual Natural Killer Cell Surface Receptor Expression and Interactions with Trophoblasts

Author: Alison E. Wallace, Sonu S. Goulwara, Guy S. Whitley, Judith E. Cartwright
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 134, 1-6,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.121566


Male Reproductive Tract

Regulation of the Pannexin-1 Promoter in the Rat Epididymis

Author: Julie Dufresne, Daniel G. Cyr
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 143, 1-13,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.122168


Neuroendocrinology

Activation of Cells Containing Estrogen Receptor Alpha or Somatostatin in the Medial Preoptic Area, Arcuate Nucleus, and Ventromedial Nucleus of Intact Ewes During the Follicular Phase, and Alteration after Lipopolysaccharide

Author: Chrysanthi Fergani, Jean E. Routly, David N. Jones, Lucy C. Pickavance, Robert F. Smith …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 141, 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.122408


Ovary

Expression and Regulation of Regulator of G-Protein Signaling Protein-2 (RGS2) in Equine and Bovine Follicles prior to Ovulation: Molecular Characterization of RGS2 Transactivation in Bovine Granulosa Cells

Author: Khampoun Sayasith, Jean Sirois, Jacques G. Lussier
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 139, 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.121186

Amino Acid 72 of Mouse and Human GDF9 Mature Domain Is Responsible for Altered Homodimer Bioactivities but Has Subtle Effects on GDF9:BMP15 Heterodimer Activities

Author: Jia Peng, Karen Wigglesworth, Adithya Rangarajan, John J. Eppig, Thomas B. Thompson …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 142, 1-7,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.123158

MicroRNA-26b Functions as a Proapoptotic Factor in Porcine Follicular Granulosa Cells by Targeting Sma-and Mad-Related Protein 4

Author: Jiying Liu, Xing Du, Jilong Zhou, Zengxiang Pan, Honglin Liu …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 146, 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.122788

High-Throughput Sequencing Analyses of XX Genital Ridges Lacking FOXL2 Reveal DMRT1 Up-Regulation Before SOX9 Expression During the Sex-Reversal Process in Goats

Author: Maëva Elzaiat, Luc Jouneau, Dominique Thépot, Christophe Klopp, Aurélie Allais-Bonnet …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 153, 1-14,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.122796


Pregnancy

The Captured Retroviral Envelope syncytin-A and syncytin-B Genes Are Conserved in the Spalacidae Together with Hemotrichorial Placentation

Author: Cécile Vernochet, François Redelsperger, Francis Harper, Sylvie Souquere, François Catzeflis …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 148, 1-16,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.124818


Testis

Isolation of Doublesex- and Mab-3-Related Transcription Factor 6 and Its Involvement in Spermatogenesis in Tilapia

Author: Xianbo Zhang, Hai Wang, Minghui Li, Yunying Cheng, Dongneng Jiang …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 136, 1-10,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.121418

Obesogenic Environment by Excess of Dietary Fats in Different Phases of Development Reduces Spermatic Efficiency of Wistar Rats at Adulthood: Correlations with Metabolic Status

Author: Vanessa Reame, Eloísa Zanin Pytlowanciv, Daniele Lisboa Ribeiro, Thiago Feres Pissolato, Sebastião Roberto Taboga …
Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 151, 1-10,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.121962


Additions and Corrections

Additions and Corrections

Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 138, 1-1,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.126169

Additions and Corrections

Biology of Reproduction, Volume 91, Issue 6, 1 December 2014, 147, 1-3,
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.114.126706