Reproductive Research Papers 2007-2009

1. GV Drury, GA Shimmin, DA Taggart, PD Temple-Smith, WG Breed, CH McDonald, GR Finlayson, MC Paris (2007). Ovarian follicular superstimulation and oocyte maturation in the anoestrous Southern Hairy-nosed wombat. Animal Reproduction Science 99: 363-376.
2. W G Breed, M Bauer, R Wade, N Thitipramote, J Suwajarat, L Yelland (2007).Intra-individual variation in sperm tail length in murine rodents. Journal of Zoology 272: 299-304.
3. S Immler, H D M Moore, W G Breed and T R Birkhead (2007).By hook or by crook? Morphometry, competition, and cooperation in rodent sperm. Public Library of Science-ONE 2(1) e170.doi.1371/journal.pone. 0000170.
4. W G Breed, C M Leigh, H Robertson, L Mantellato, C Lambert, A Jequier and P Matson. (2007). Interspecific variation of sperm morphology in the Australian Rodent genus Zyzomys. Acta Zoologica. 88:257-263.
5. C A Swann, S J B Cooper, and W G Breed. (2007). Molecular evolution of the carboxy terminal region of the zona pellucida 3 (ZP3) glycoprotein in murine rodents. Reproduction.133: 697-708.
6. J B Bierla, Z Gizejewski, C M Leigh, H Ekswall, L Soderquist, H Rodriguez-Martinez, K Zalewski and W G Breed (2007). Sperm morphology on the Eurasian Beaver, Castor fiber: An example of a species of rodent with highly derived and pleiomorphic sperm populations. Journal of Morphology 268: 683-689.
7. Y J Yi, G Manandhar, R J Oko, W G Breed, and P Sutovsky (2007) Mechanism of sperm-zona pellucida penetration during mammalian fertilization: 26S proteasome as a candidate egg coat lysine. Society of Reproduction and Fertility Supplement 63: 385-408.
8. M Bauer and W G Breed (2008) Testis mass of the Spinifex hopping mouse and its impact on fertility Journal of Zoology 274: 349-356.
9. A G Braundmeier, W G Breed and D J Miller (2008) Spermatozoa from a marsupial, the brushtail possum, contain beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 20: 402-407.
10. WG Breed and K Aplin (2008) Order Rodentia pp. 574-575, Family Muridae. True Rats and Mice pp. 575-576, The Pseudomys group pp. 576-577, The Hydromys group p. 662 and The Uromys group p. 666 In The Mammals of Australia. 3rd edition. Edit by S Van Dyck and R. Strahan. The Australian Museum Trust/Queensland Museum
11. WG Breed (2008) Species descriptions of Notomys alexis pp.596-597., Notomys cervinus p. 601., Pseudomys hermannsburgensis pp. 636-637., and Notomys mitchelli pp. 607-608 (coauthored with S Carthew and C Bradley). In The Mammals of Australia. 3rd edition. Edit by S Van Dyck and R. Strahan. The Australian Museum Trust/Queensland Museum
12. W G. Breed and C M. Leigh (2009). The Spermatozoon of the Old Endemic Australo-Papuan and Philippine Rodents - its Morphological Diversity and Evolution Acta Zoologica (accepted)
13. N Thitipramote, J Suwanjaret, W G Breed (2009) Reproductive biology of the greater bandicoot rat Bandicota indica (Rodentia: Muridae) in the rice fields of southern Thailand. Current Zoology (in press).
14. W G Breed, D Idriss, C M Leigh, R J Oko (2009) Temporal deposition and spatial distribution of cytoskeletal proteins in the sperm head of an Australian rodent. Reproduction Fertility and Development 21: 428-439.
15. W V Ingman, L M McGrath, W G Breed, I F Musgrave, R L Robker, S A Robertson (2009) The mechanistic basis for sexual dysfunction in male transforming growth factor beta1 null mutant mice. Journal of Andrology (in press).