Topics will be presented from molecular, cellular, and tissue perspectives and will span development, puberty, adulthood, and reproductive senescence. We will also consider perturbations to the female ...

and reproductive senescence. We are particularly interested in the function of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and the developmental regulation of neurons that produce GnRH, since developmental ...

It is widely recognized that as males age, their fertility typically declines (a phenomenon known as reproductive senescence), often due to a reduction in the quantity and/or quality of sperm in ...

inhibit the accumulation of vitellogenin in the germline, improve the quality of oocytes, and delay the reproductive aging of C. elegans.

To increase reproductive effort, I used various experimental manipulations in three-spined stickleback. I also studied senescence and sexual signaling of bill coloration in zebra finches. Both during ...