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Conserved genetic markers reveal widespread diatom sexual reproduction in the global ocean [PDF]

Nature Communications
Sexual reproduction is a nearly universal characteristic of the eukaryotic life cycle, yet it is rarely observed in natural populations of micro-eukaryotes.
Gust Bilcke, Lucia Campese, Rossella Annunziata, Luz Amadei Martínez, Camilla Borgonuovo, Nadine Rijsdijk, Peter Chaerle, Koen Van den Berge, Sofie D’hondt, Daniele Iudicone, Marina Montresor, Maria Immacolata Ferrante, Klaas Vandepoele, Wim Vyverman   +13 more
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Whole-Genome Sequence of Potamopyrgus antipodarum-A Model System for the Maintenance of Sexual Reproduction-Reveals a Recent Whole-Genome Duplication. [PDF]

Genome Biol Evol
Jalinsky J, McElroy KE, Sharbrough J, Bankers L, Fields PD, Higgins C, Toll C, Boore JL, Logsdon JM, Neiman M.   +9 more
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A positive feedback loop between germ cells and gonads induces and maintains sexual reproduction in a cnidarian. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Curantz C, Doody C, Horkan HR, Krasovec G, Weavers PK, DuBuc TQ, Frank U.   +6 more
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Sexual Reproduction in Dermatophytes [PDF]

Mycopathologia, 2016
Sexual reproduction is a rich source of genetic variation and commonly observed among fungi. Basically two different modes of sexual reproduction are observed in fungi, namely heterothallism where two compatible mating types are required to undergo mating and homothallism in which the organism is self-fertile.
Banu Metin, Joseph Heitman
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Measuring women’s experiences during antenatal care (ANC): scoping review of measurement tools

Reproductive Health, 2023
Background The new WHO model for antenatal care (ANC) focuses on improving practice, organisation and delivery of ANC within health systems, which includes both clinical care and women’s experiences of care.
Hedieh Mehrtash, Karin Stein, Maria Barreix, Mercedes Bonet, Meghan A. Bohren, Özge Tunçalp   +5 more
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Building an enabling environment and responding to resistance to sexuality education programmes: experience from Jharkhand, India

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background Despite the substantial need for sexuality education and evidence on its effectiveness, implementing organisations continue to grapple with numerous challenges, especially related to community support and resistance.
Marina Plesons, Aarushi Khanna, Mohammed Ziauddin, Aparajita Gogoi, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli   +4 more
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Research and implementation interactions in a social accountability study: utilizing guidance for conducting process evaluations of complex interventions

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background In recent years, researchers and evaluators have made efforts to identify and use appropriate and innovative research designs that account for the complexity in studying social accountability. The relationship between the researchers and those
Joanna Paula Cordero, Vernon Mochache, Victoria Boydell, Mary Awelana Addah, Heather McMullen, Alice Monyo, Sigilbert Mrema, Dela Nai, Donat Shamba, Petrus S. Steyn   +9 more
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Progress in adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights globally between 1990 and 2016: what progress has been made, what contributed to this, and what are the implications for the future?

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020
This commentary is in response to a paper published in the Lancet entitled: “Progress in adolescent health and well-being: tracking 12 headline indicators for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016” (Peter Azzopardi et al, 2019).
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Elsie Akwara, Danielle Engel, Marina Plessons, Mengistu Asnake, Sunil Mehra, Bruce Dick, Jane Ferguson   +7 more
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Density, parasitism, and sexual reproduction are strongly correlated in lake Daphnia populations

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Many organisms can reproduce both asexually and sexually. For cyclical parthenogens, periods of asexual reproduction are punctuated by bouts of sexual reproduction, and the shift from asexual to sexual reproduction has large impacts on fitness and ...
Camden D. Gowler, Mary A. Rogalski, Clara L. Shaw, Katherine K. Hunsberger, Meghan A. Duffy   +4 more
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From commitment to implementation: lessons learnt from the first National Strategy for the Reduction of Teenage Pregnancy in Sierra Leone

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020
This study provides insight into the extent to which public commitment to reduce teenage pregnancy made by the President of Sierra Leone made the issue a political priority and the factors that facilitated and hindered this. Using historical observations
Regina Bash-Taqi, Katherine Watson, Elsie Akwara, Emmanuel Adebayo, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli   +4 more
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