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Original Research

Induction of androgenetic development of the brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) × Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) hybrids in eggs derived from the parental speciesK. Ocalewicz, H. Kuzminski, K. Pomianowski, S. Dobosz 105Constitutive activity of Erk1/2 and NF-κB protects human endometrial stromal cells from death receptor-mediated apoptosisH. Fluhr, J. Spratte, M. Bredow, S. Heidrich, M. Zygmunt 113The effect of relaxin supplementation of in vitro maturation medium on the development of cat oocytes obtained from ovaries stored at 48 °CV.V. Luu, K. Hanatate, F. Tanihara, Y. Sato, L.T.K. Do, M. Taniguchi, T. Otoi 122The effects of artifi cial activation timing on the development of SCNT-derived embryos and newborn pigletsJ.-I. Bang, J.-G. Yoo, M.-R. Park, T.-S. Shin, B.-W. Cho, H.-G. Lee, B.-W. Kim, T.-Y. Kang, I.-K. Kong, J.-H. Kim, S.-K. Cho 127Expression of genes coding for proangiogenic factors and their receptors in human placenta complicated by preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restrictionM. Semczuk, A. Borczynska, M. Bialas, N. Rozwadowska, A. Semczuk-Sikora, A. Malcher, M. Kurpisz 133Ultrasound-guided non-surgical embryo collection in the common marmosetH. Ishibashi, H.H. Motohashi, M. Kumon, K. Yamamoto, H. Okada, T. Okada, K. Seki 139Populations of follicles in F344/N rats during agingK. Nishijima, S. Tanaka, S.H. Sakamoto, S. Kuwahara, T. Ohno, S. Kitajima 145Relationships of serum thyroid hormones and follicle-stimulating hormone concentrations to Sertoli cell differentiation during the fi rst wave of spermatogenesis in euthyroid ram lambsO.A. Oluwole, P.M. Bartlewski, A. Hahnel 150Expression of myogenic genes in chickens stimulated in ovo with light and temperatureA. Sławinska, J. Brzezinska, M. Siwek, G. Elminowska-Wenda 161

Short Communications

Effects of post-thaw incubation on motility, acrosomal integrity and in vitro fertilizing capacity of boar spermatozoa cryopreserved in 0.5 and 5 ml strawsA. Córdova, R. Hernández-Gil, C.A. Córdova-Jiménez, D.J. Cardilli, K. de Sousa Oliveira, J.F. Pérez-Gutiérrez 166The in vitro quality of frozen-thawed Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) spermatozoa in semen supplemented with Equex STM paste and oxytocin during and after cryopreservationK. Buranaamnuay, S. Mahasawangkul, K. Saikhun 169Ovarian fl uid infl uences sperm performance in lake trout, Salvelinus namaycushP.M. Galvano, K. Johnson, C.C. Wilson, T.E. Pitcher, I.A.E. Butts 172

Volume 13 Number 2 Pages 105 – 176 June 2013

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