CSIRO PUBLISHING | Reproduction, Fertility and Development

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Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volume 22 Number 2 2010

RD09080Suppression of keratin 18 gene expression in bovine blastocysts by RNA interference

Karen Goossens, Dawit Tesfaye, Franca Rings, Karl Schellander, Michael Hölker, Mario Van Poucke, Alex Van Zeveren, Isabel Lemahieu, Ann Van Soom and Luc J. Peelman

pp. 395-404

RD08280Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of equine conceptuses at 14 and 16 days of gestation

Ingrid Walter, Waltraud Tschulenk, Sven Budik and Christine Aurich

pp. 405-415

RD08293Effects on differentiation of reproductive organs and sexual behaviour in Japanese quail by excessive embryonic ERα activation

Anna Mattsson and Björn Brunström

pp. 416-425

RD09142Developmental kinetics and gene expression in male and female bovine embryos produced in vitro with sex-sorted spermatozoa

Pablo Bermejo-Álvarez, Patrick Lonergan, Detlef Rath, Alfonso Gutiérrez-Adan and Dimitrios Rizos

pp. 426-436

RD08287Iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue, stimulates meiotic maturation and early embryonic development in pigs

Ji-Su Kim, Jung-Il Chae, Bong-Seok Song, Kyu-Sun Lee, Young-Kug Choo, Kyu-Tae Chang, Humdai Park and Deog-Bon Koo

pp. 437-447

RD09098Ultrasonographic characterisation of prenatal development in European brown hares (Lepus europaeus PALLAS, 1778): an evolutionary approach

Kathleen Roellig, Frank Goeritz and Thomas B. Hildebrandt

pp. 448-458

RD09156Chronic fetal and maternal instrumentation in pregnant sheep: Effect on gestation length and birthweight

Natalee W. Bessette and Dan W. Rurak

pp. 459-467

RD09125Involvement of E-cadherin in early in vitro development of adult and juvenile sheep embryos

Silvia Modina, Giovanni G. Leoni, Valentina Lodde, Salvatore Naitana, Silvia Pirani, Sara Succu, Fiammetta Berlinguer and Alberto Maria Luciano

pp. 468-477

RD09106Spermatocyte apoptosis, which involves both intrinsic and extrinsic pathways, explains the sterility of Graomys griseoflavus × Graomys centralis male hybrids

Valeria Rodriguez, Gabriela Diaz de Barboza, Ruben Ponce, Valeria Merico, Silvia Garagna and Nori Tolosa de Talamoni

pp. 478-488

RD09155Reliability of ultrasound for early sexing of goat fetuses derived from natural mating and from fresh, frozen and vitrified embryo transfer

L. M. Freitas Neto, M. H. B. Santos, C. R. Aguiar Filho, J. M. Almeida-Irmão, E. R. Santos Junior, E. L. C. Caldas, P. F. Lima and M. A. L. Oliveira

pp. 489-493