Estrous Cycle: Physiology, Endocrinology and Role in Breeding and Reproductive Management

Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface Sex Differences in Physiology and Behaviour: The Importance of Hormones and Rearing Environment (G. Mileva, C. Bielajew, A.T.M. Konkle, School of Psychology, and Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada) Cell Renewal in Hormone-Responsive Tissues during the Estrous Cycle (Gabriela Jaita, Jimena Ferraris, Daniel Pisera, Adriana Seilicovich, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (INBIOMED) UBA-CONICET, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina) New Improvements for Estrous Cycle Synchronization in Cattle (Luiz Gustavo de Almeida Chuffa, João Paulo de Arruda Amorim, Fabiano Gonçalves Costa, Fábio Rodrigues Ferreira Seiva, Department of Anatomy, IBB/UNESP, Univ. Estadual Paulista, SP, Brasil, and others) A Picture of Zona Pellucida as Seen by Way of a Transmission Electron Microscope (Barbara Jodłowska–Jedrych, Ewelina Wawryk-Gawda, Agnieszka Korolczuk, Marta Lis-Sochocka, Patrycja Chylińska-Wrzos, Chair and Department of Histology and Embryology with Experimental Cytology Unit, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland, and others) A Comparative Study of Different Populations of Spiny Mice (Acomys): Reproductive Response to Increased Salinity, Melatonin, Aldosterone Treatments Assessed by the Estrous Cycle (Elena Bukovetzky, Abraham Haim, Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel) Index