• Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.89-98
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• 2022

This study compared the production and physiological characteristics of male and female Korean native commercial chickens. We investigated the growth performance, vitality, and stress response of 479 male and 608 female chickens from 1 d to 12 weeks of age. The body weight, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio were measured as growth performance. The survival rate, amount of telomeric DNA, DNA damage rate, heterophil-lymphocyte ratio (H/L ratio), and heat shock protein (HSP)-70, HSP-90α, and HSP-90β gene expression levels were analyzed as indicators of vitality and stress response. Body weight was significantly higher in male chickens than in female chickens after 2 weeks of age (P<0.01). Feed intake was higher in male chickens than in female chickens, whereas the feed conversion ratio showed the opposite trend. The survival rate was significantly higher in female chickens than in male chickens (82.8% vs. 73.8%, P<0.05). Stress response analysis revealed no differences between male and female chickens in terms of telomeric DNA content, DNA damage rate, H/L ratio, and HSP gene expression levels. Taken together, it was concluded that there was a significant difference in the growth performance and survival rate between male and female Korean native commercial chickens, whereas there was no difference in the degree of stress response between them. Therefore, in terms of the productivity of Korean native commercial chickens, it is judged that separate-sex rearing is much more advantageous than mixed rearing, regardless of the physiological characteristics of males and females.

• Development and Reproduction
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.79-84
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• 2006

We reviewed sex-change patterns in the wrasses Halichoeres poecilopterus, H. tenuispinis, Pteragogus flagellifer, and Pseudolabrus sieboldi inhabiting the coastal waters of Jeju, Korea, based on the sex distribution according to standard length and sex characteristics of the gonads. Halichoeres poecilopterus, H. tenuispinis, Pt. flagellifer, and Ps. sieboldi are protogynous hermaphroditic fish. Histological observations revealed that these wrasses are undelimited type 2 species because testicular tissue(spermatogenesis area) appears in most parts of the gonads during ovary of degenerative stage. Both initial- and terminal-phase males were present in the investigated populations, indicating that Halichoeres poecilopterus, H. tenuispinis, and Ps. sieboldi are of the diandric type. In contrast, Pt. flagellifer is considered a monandric type, because all males in the investigated populations were terminal-phase males produced via sex change from functional females.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Embryo Transfer Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.51-62
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• 2007

성판별을 위한 biopsy 후 수정란의 발달율 및 동결-융해 후의 생존율 조사는 다음과 같다. 한우 체내 및 체외 수정란의 성판별을 위해서 영양막 세포의 일부를 채취하기 위해서 수정란을 biopsy 하였다. biopsy된 수정란의 생존율 조사의 결과는 체내 수정란이 100% 그리고 체외수정란이 90.0%의 결과를 나타내어 체내수정란이 체외수정란보다 biopsy 후의 생존율이 높게 나타났음을 알 수 있었다. 수정란의 성판별 비율은 체내수정란에서는 암컷과 수컷의 비율이 46.3%와 53.7%로 각각 나타나 수컷의 비율이 암컷보다 다소 높은 경향을 보였으며, 체외수정란에 있어서는 암컷과 수컷의 비율은 40.0%와 60.0%로 수컷의 비율이 높게 나타났으나, 유의적인 차이는 보이지 않았다. 성 판별된 수정란의 동결-융해 후 생존성은 완만동결 방법에 의한 수정란의 생존율은 체내수정란에서 58.8%, 체외수정란에서는 41.7% 그리고 초자화 동결 방법에서는 체내수정란의 생존율이 77.8%, 체외수정란은 57.1%로의 결과를 보여 체내수정란을 이용한 초자화 동결 방법에서 상대적으로 더 높은 생존율을 보였다.

• Journal of Aquaculture
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.63-68
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• 1997

The spawning behavior of the silurid catfish, Silurus asotus, was observed from laboratory aquaria after treating with human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and injection with pituitary extract of grass carp. The details of the spawning behavior presented here are based upon the observations made from 10 trials with 40 male and 20 female catfishes artificially bred between May and July, 1995. Initial spawning activity started 15 to 16 hours after injection with pituitary extract of grass carp and HCG. The activity was continued with for 2 to 3 hours and repeated mating behavior of the catfish were observed during this period. Compared to the spawning activity of the Japanese catifish, S. biwaensis, S. asotus took a different male position during the period o fsearching its partner. This study also reports some other differences in mating behavior between S. asotus and S. biwaensis.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.143-149
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• 2002

Two new species of the genus Burmoniscus collinge, 1914, B. ifugaoensis and B. taitii are described from Banaue and adjacent area, mountainous district in the northern Luzon, the Philippines. B. ifugaoensis is morphologically similar to B. novabritannicus(Vandel, 1973) and B. yunnanensis Kwon and Taiti, 1993, but is distinguished by the much elongated distal part of male pleopod 1 exopod and the peculiar setation on the distal part of male pleopod 1 endopod. B. taitii is similar to B. punctatus Taiti, Ferrara and Kwon. 1992 in the shape of male pleopod 1 endopod, but is easily distinguished by the peculiar coloration of male, the morphology of cephalon, and the shorter distal part of male pleopod 1 exopod.

• Development and Reproduction
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.85-93
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• 2005

Estrogens are known as the steroid hormones and essential regulators of developments, differentiations, and fertility in animals including humans. Recently, classic focus on estrogens which are considered as female hormone is changing in the whole field of reproductive endocrinology. Especially, interest in estrogen functions in male reproduction is increasing more and more, as numerous studies about the endocrine disruptors, interrupting the endocrine system, are being carried out. To understand exactly the function of estrogen in a male reproductive system, a summary for estrogen receptors upon developmental distributions in testis will be useful. In addition to the regulatory roles of estrogen in male, unexpected exposure to exogenous estrogens causes defects of differentiation of male reproductive system and an injury of spermatogenesis. Also, this review highlights the indicator of exogenous estrogens to perturb male fertility. These approaches would give tile practical information about estrogen roles in male development and reproduction.

• The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.46-51
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• 2007

In this study, two commercial mating disruptors were compared in terms of disruption of Oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta, male orientation, in which a new dispenser type, $SPLAT^{(R)}$, was compared with a current dispenser type, $Isomate^{(R)}$-M ROSSO. For this assessment, the last three year field monitoring data were analyzed for the efficacy of Isomate type dispenser. Then two commercial dispensers were compared in different localities with sub-locality replications during identical monitoring period from mid February to late August. There appeared to be four adult population peaks, in which the overwintering population size was positively correlated with the following reproductive population sizes. Isomate type dispenser effectively suppressed G. molesta populations during all growing seasons with some annual variation in its efficacy. Between two dispensers, SPLAT type was much effective. The difference in their efficacy may be caused by the difference in composition of major pheromone component.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.85-89
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• 1997

한국서해안 격열비열도 근해산 문치가자미의 연령과 성장을 조사하기 위하여 1992년 9월부터 1993년 8월까지 매월 정기채집한 256개체의 이석을 연령형질로서 사용하여 조사 분석한 결과를 보면, 이석의 투명대와 불투명대는 년 1회 형성되었으며 투명대 형성시기는 7월이고 불투명대 형성 시기는 2월에서 4월로 이는 산란종기(2월)와 일치함을 보였다. 연령별 체장 (LT)과 연령(t)을 von Bertalanffy 성장식에 적용하여 수컷은 Lt=313.7[1-exp{-0.4342(t+0.9017)}, 암컷은, Lt=458.1[1-exp{-0.2368(t+0.1934)}과 같은 관계식을 구하였다. 또한 암컷과 수컷의 성장속도는 2세까지는 별다른 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 3세어 이상에서는 암컷이 수컷보다 월등히 빠름을 나타내었다. 본 연구에서의 최고령어는 암수 각각 5세와 6세였다.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.243-250
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• 1988

남미산 흡혈박쥐구esmodus rohndusl의 서열관계에 대해 자연상태와 유사한 조건하에서 사육상태의 집단을 연구하였다. 이들의 서열은 먹이장소에서 2마리의 성체들이 만났을때 4가지로 서로 다른 행동들(도망가기, 날아가기, 기다리기, 피하기)에 의해 결정했다. 공격행동(싸움후 도망가기)은 관찰된 전체행동들 가운데 16호로 비교적 적게 나타났다. 암컷들의 서열은 일부 먹이 서열에 의해서도 반영되었다. Harem수컷은 non-harem수컷들에 대해서 우위를 차지하였으며 열세 행동을 보여 주었다. 그러나 이 harem 수컷은 그의 성적 파트너에 대해서는 공격행동을 보이지 않았다. Dominance relationship was investigated in a captive of Desmodus rotundus, a neotopical sangivorous bat, under seminaturalistic conditions. The hierarchy was determined from four different behaviors (flee, fly-out, avoid, wait) by the encounter of ho adult bats on the feeding site. The aggressive action (flee after fighting) was relatively low (16%) compare to the other three observed behaviors. The hierarchy of the females reflected sometimes in the feeding order The harem male dominated the non-harem males and exhibited his territorial behavior. However, to his sex partners he didn't show aggressions.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.131-131
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• 2001

내분비계장애물질에 대한 검색기법의 하나로 수컷 어류의 교배행위 및 생식력에 대한 in vivo 연구를 시도하였다. 수컷 송사리(Oryzias latipes)에 대표적 에스트로젠인 17$\beta$-estradiol를 2 및 20 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L의 농도로 각 노출군당 5마리씩 14일간 노출시킨 후 각 군당 임의로 2마리씩 선택하여 Prostaglandin F2$\alpha$를 주사한 3마리의 정상 암컷 송사리와의 교배행위를 비디오 카메라를 이용하여 1시간 동안 녹화하여 분석하였다. (중략)