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CRISPR-Cas9 effectors facilitate generation of single-sex litters and sex-specific phenotypes

Nature Communications, 2021
In areas such as animal research and agriculture a single sex is often required in abundance, leading to wasted resources and ethical considerations. Here the authors develop a CRISPR/Cas9 mediated synthetic lethal system that enables the production of ...
Charlotte Douglas, Valdone Maciulyte, Jasmin Zohren, Daniel M. Snell, Shantha K. Mahadevaiah, Obah A. Ojarikre, Peter J. I. Ellis, James M. A. Turner   +7 more
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Affirming educational and workplace settings are associated with positive mental health and happiness outcomes for LGBTQA + youth in Australia

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Affirming socio-cultural settings are essential for protecting the mental health and wellbeing of lesbian, bisexual or pansexual, trans and gender diverse, asexual and queer (LGBTQA +) youth.
Natalie Amos, Adam O. Hill, Jami Jones, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Marina Carman, Anthony Lyons, Adam Bourne   +6 more
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Sex determination without sex chromosomes [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021
With or without sex chromosomes, sex determination is a synthesis of many molecular events that drives a community of cells towards a coordinated tissue fate. In this review, we will consider how a sex determination pathway can be engaged and stabilized without an inherited genetic determinant.
Ceri Weber, Blanche Capel
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Longer Sperm Swim More Slowly in the Canary Islands Chiffchaff

Cells, 2021
Sperm swimming performance affects male fertilization success, particularly in species with high sperm competition. Understanding how sperm morphology impacts swimming performance is therefore important.
Emily R. A. Cramer, Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey, Lars Erik Johannessen, Terje Laskemoen, Gunnhild Marthinsen, Arild Johnsen, Jan T. Lifjeld   +6 more
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Y chromosome functions in mammalian spermatogenesis

eLife, 2021
The mammalian Y chromosome is critical for male sex determination and spermatogenesis. However, linking each Y gene to specific aspects of male reproduction has been challenging.
Jeremie Subrini, James Turner
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Hypersexuality and Impulsivity in Self-Referred Men With Sexual Interest in Minors: Are They Related? Do They Change During Treatment? An Exploratory Pilot Study

Sexual Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Studies on characteristics of self-referred men with sexual interest in minors (SIM) and treatment approaches in this group of patients are still relatively rare.
Ute Lampalzer, PhD, Safiye Tozdan, PhD, Fritjof von Franqué, Dipl.-Psych., Peer Briken, MD, FECSM   +3 more
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Fertility knowledge and intentions to have children in a national study of Australian secondary school students

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objective: This paper reports on fertility knowledge and intentions to have children among a national sample of students in years 10–12. Method: Data were from the Fifth National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health.
Wendy Heywood, Marian K. Pitts, Kent Patrick, Anne Mitchell   +3 more
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Study Protocol: 6th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students and Adolescent Sexual Health, 2018

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
Introduction: Since 1992 the Australian Government has funded a periodic national survey of HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infection (STI) knowledge and sexual risk behavior among secondary school students.
Christopher Fisher, Gosia Mikolajczak, Paulina Ezer, Lucille Kerr, Rosalind Bellamy, Graham Brown, Andrea Waling, Jayne Lucke   +7 more
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Method: Intention to claim a Medicare rebate among women receiving private Victorian pregnancy termination services

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2004
Objectives: To determine the proportion of women who have pregnancy terminations as private patients in Victoria who do not intend to claim a procedure fee rebate from Medicare, to compare characteristics of women who intend to submit a Medicare claim ...
Carolyn Nickson, Anthony M.A. Smith, Julia M. Shelley   +2 more
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Hepatitis B knowledge and associated factors among people with chronic hepatitis B

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objective: To assess hepatitis B knowledge among people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Australia. Methods: People with CHB in three Australian jurisdictions completed a self‐administered questionaire, including 24 hepatitis B knowledge questions ...
Behzad Hajarizadeh, Jack Wallace, Jacqui Richmond, Naomi Ngo, Chris Enright   +4 more
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