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Gonadotrophin Inhibitory Hormone Depresses Gonadotrophin α and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone β Subunit Expression in the Pituitary of the Domestic Chicken by Ciccone, N. A., Dunn, I. C., Boswell, T., Tsutsui, K., Ubuka, T., Ukena, K., Sharp, P. J.

“…Studies performed in vitro suggest that a novel 12 amino acid RF amide peptide, isolated from the quail hypothalamus, is a gonadotrophin inhibitory hormone…”
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Identification and Validation of Markers Linked to Broad‐Spectrum Stem Rust Resistance Gene Sr2 in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Spielmeyer, W., Sharp, P. J., Lagudah, E. S.

“…Stem rust resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) conferred by the Sr2 gene has remained effective against Puccinia graminis Pers.:Pers. f. sp. tritici…”
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Appetitive and Consummatory Sexual and Agonistic Behaviour Elicits FOS Expression in Aromatase and Vasotocin Neurones within the Preoptic Area and Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis of Male Domestic Chickens by Xie, J., Kuenzel, W. J., Sharp, P. J., Jurkevich, A.

“…Some components of male sexual and agonistic behaviours are considered to be regulated by the same neurocircuitry in the medial preoptic nucleus (POM) and the…”
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Glutamatergic Stimulation of Luteinising Hormone Secretion in Relatively Refractory Male Songbirds by Deviche, P., Sabo, J., Sharp, P. J.

“…Seasonal breeding in two Sonoran desert passerines, the Cassin’s (Aimophila cassinii) and Rufous‐crowned (Aimophila ruficeps) Sparrows is thought to be…”
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Testosterone stimulates progesterone production and STAR, P450 cholesterol side-chain cleavage and LH receptor mRNAs expression in hen (Gallus domesticus) granulosa cells by Rangel, P L, Rodríguez, A, Rojas, S, Sharp, P J, Gutierrez, C G

“…The chicken ovary is organized into a hierarchy of yellow yolky follicles that ovulate on successive days. Active or passive immunization of laying hens…”
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Fasting differentially regulates expression of agouti-related peptide, pro-opiomelanocortin, prepro-orexin, and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide mRNAs in the hypothalamus of Japanese quail by Phillips-Singh, D, Li, Q, Takeuchi, S, Ohkubo, T, Sharp, P J, Boswell, T

“…Research in mammals has established the existence of a neuronal network that lies within the hypothalamus and that regulates energy homeostasis. However, it is…”
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Testosterone antagonist (flutamide) blocks ovulation and preovulatory surges of progesterone, luteinizing hormone and oestradiol in laying hens by Rangel, P L, Sharp, P J, Gutierrez, C G

“…The preovulatory release of luteinizing hormone (LH) in the domestic hen occurs after the initiation of a preovulatory surge of testosterone. The objective of…”
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A New Key Neurohormone Controlling Reproduction, Gonadotrophin-Inhibitory Hormone in Birds: Discovery, Progress and Prospects by Tsutsui, K., Saigoh, E., Yin, H., Ubuka, T., Chowdhury, V. S., Osugi, T., Ukena, K., Sharp, P. J., Wingfield, J. C., Bentley, G. E.

“…In vertebrates, the neuropeptide control of gonadotrophin secretion is primarily through the stimulatory action of the hypothalamic decapeptide,…”
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Simultaneous pituitary–gonadal recrudescence in two Corsican populations of male blue tits with asynchronous breeding dates by Caro, S.P., Lambrechts, M.M., Chastel, O., Sharp, P.J., Thomas, D.W., Balthazart, J.

“…Animal populations living in geographically variable environments respond to different selection pressures. The adaptive character of the responses to…”
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Hypothalamic Pro-GnRH-GAP, GnRH-I and GnRH-II During the Onset of Photorefractoriness in the White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) by Meddle, S. L., Bush, S., Sharp, P. J., Millar, R. P., Wingfield, J. C.

“…Gambel's white‐crowned sparrow is a long distance migrant that undergoes spontaneous gonadal regression as a result of long day exposure. This termination of…”
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Development and genetic mapping of sequence-tagged microsatellites (STMs) in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Hayden, M. J, Stephenson, P, Logojan, A. M, Khatkar, D, Rogers, C, Elsden, J, Koebner, R. M. D, Snape, J. W, Sharp, P. J

“…The density of SSRs on the published genetic map of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has steadily increased over the last few years. This has improved the…”
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Acceleration of maturation of FSH and LH responses to photostimulation in prepubertal domestic hens by oestrogen by Dunn, IC, Lewis, PD, Wilson, PW, Sharp, PJ

“…Egg laying begins in domestic hens, reared on short daylengths, at about day 147 of age and is advanced by photostimulation after but not before about day 42…”
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Patterns of Testosterone and Prolactin Concentrations and Reproductive Behavior of Helpers and Breeders in the Cooperatively Breeding Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) by Khan, Memuna Z., McNabb, F.M.A., Walters, Jeffrey R., Sharp, P.J.

“…We examined the proximate causes of delayed breeding and alloparental behavior in the cooperatively breeding red-cockaded woodpecker by measuring plasma…”
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Genetic control of incubation behavior in the domestic hen by Romanov, M N, Talbot, R T, Wilson, P W, Sharp, P J

“…The genetic control of incubation behavior was investigated in the domestic hen by analysis of the incidence of the behavior in reciprocal crosses between…”
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A new approach to extending the wheat marker pool by anchored PCR amplification of compound SSRS by HAYDEN, M. J, STEPHENSON, P, LOGOJAN, A. M, KHATKAR, D, ROGERS, C, KOEBNER, R. M. D, SNAPE, J. W, SHARP, P. J

“…A study was undertaken to determine the utility in bread wheat of anchored PCR for the development of single locus SSR markers targeted at compound repeat…”
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Diurnal and photoperiodic changes in thyrotrophin‐stimulating hormone β expression and associated regulation of deiodinase enzymes (DIO2, DIO3) in the female juvenile chicken hypothalamus by Dunn, I. C., Wilson, P. W., Shi, Y., Burt, D. W., Loudon, A. S. I., Sharp, P. J.

“…Increased thyrotrophin‐stimulating hormone β (TSHβ) expression in the pars tuberalis is assumed to be an early step in the neuroendocrine mechanism transducing…”
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Diurnal and photoperiodic changes in thyrotrophin-stimulating hormone [beta] expression and associated regulation of deiodinase enzymes (DIO2, DIO3) in the female juvenile chicken hypothalamus by Dunn, I C, Wilson, P W, Shi, Y, Burt, D W, Loudon, A S I, Sharp, P J

“…Increased thyrotrophin-stimulating hormone [beta] (TSH[beta]) expression in the pars tuberalis is assumed to be an early step in the neuroendocrine mechanism…”
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Characterisation of Triticum vavilovii-derived stripe rust resistance using genetic, cytogenetic and molecular analyses and its marker-assisted selection by BARIANA, H. S, BROWN, G. N, AHMED, N. U, KHATKAR, S, CONNER, R. L, WELLINGS, C. R, HALEY, S, SHARP, P. J, LAROCHE, A

“…Stripe rust resistance was identified in Triticum vavilovii( T. vaviloviiAus22498)-derived Russian wheat aphid (RWA)-resistant germplasm. Inheritance studies…”
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RFLP-based genetic maps of wheat homoeologous group 7 chromosomes by Chao, S, Sharp, P.J, Worland, A.J, Warham, E.J, Koebner, R.M.D, Gale, M.D

“…Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) mapping was attempted using 18 cDNA clones, 14 anonymous and 4 of known function, which had been shown to have…”
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Distribution and sequence of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone and its potential role as a molecular link between feeding and reproductive systems in the Pekin duck ( Anas platyrhynchos domestica ) by Fraley, G.S, Coombs, E, Gerometta, E, Colton, S, Sharp, P.J, Li, Q, Clarke, I.J

“…Highlights ► We describe the GnIH gene in the Pekin drake and three putative transcripts. ► We describe the distribution of GnIH in the Pekin drake brain. ► We…”
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