Ascidian fertilization has long served as a tractable model for understanding fundamental mechanisms of gamete recognition, binding and fusion in chordates. Spermatozoa released into seawater are ...

Conservation genetic theory suggests that small and isolated populations should be subject to reduced genetic diversity i.e., heterozygosity and allelic diversity. Our 34 years study of an isolated ...

Ultrasuperovulation is an advanced technique that significantly increases the number of oocytes, produced by female mice. However, existing ultrasuperovulation techniques have a low fertilization rate ...

BAYAHIBE, Dominican Republic (AP) — Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides along an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, ...