Gestapo
The Oxford Companion to World War II
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Gestapo, acronym derived from Geheime Staatspolizei (State Secret Police), the organization with which
Göring replaced the Prussian political police in 1933. In 1936 it became a branch of
Heydrich's security police (see
Sipo), which re mained within the ministry of the interior, but in September 1939, when the
RSHA (Reichssicherheitshauptamt) was formed as a main office of the
SS, it became its department (
Amt) IV.
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Sperm competition: linking form to function.(Research article)(Report)
Magazine article from: BMC Evolutionary Biology; 11/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...several theories regarding the evolution of sperm size exist [for reviews see [1, 2...general assumption in the literature on sperm competition that selection will favour males with longer sperm, due to their enhanced swimming velocity...
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Sperm with bent tails point to possible male contraceptive.(BIOMEDICINE)
Magazine article from: Population Briefs; 5/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...though they produced normal numbers of sperm. Kissel enlisted the help of Population...biologist Gary Hunnicutt, an expert on sperm, to determine the cause of their infertility. Hunnicutt placed the sperm under the microscope and immediately noticed...
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Live sperm, dead bodies. (includes commentaries)
Magazine article from: The Hastings Center Report; 1/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; Live Sperm, Dead Bodies COMMENTARY Not only do technical means exist for post-mortem sperm recovery, but compelling ethical reasons as...and suffering. Eleven years ago I harvested sperm from a young man who had sustained fatal head...
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Sperm-derived histones contribute to zygotic chromatin in humans.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Developmental Biology; 3/31/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...an estimated 1% of the total DNA in mouse sperm cells remains nucleosome bound, whereas in human sperm this is estimated to be about 15% [3, 4, 5]. Characterisation of the histones in human sperm identified H2A, H2AX, H2AZ, H2B, H3...
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Sperm may follow rising temperature to egg. (Heat-seeking missiles).
Magazine article from: Science News; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...long distances seeking warmth. Much like sperm, apparently. A new study suggests that rabbit sperm find their way toward an unfertilized egg...a spot slightly warmer than the site where sperm begin the final leg of their journey, and...
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Sperm polymorphism within the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: divergence between Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Introduction Current theory on variation in sperm morphology focuses on male-female co-evolution and male-male competition. Sperm competition has emerged as an important selective force in shaping sperm quality in snakes (Tourmente et al...
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Sperm bank seeks donors
Magazine article from: Journal of Business; 6/17/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...That's why Henrichs, who owns Spokane sperm bank N.W. Andrology & Cyrobank...inventory. N.W. Andrology sells the sperm it collects directly to couples who are...turn away new customers who are seeking sperm. "We do have a product shortage," he...
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Sperm transplant in mice may lead to infertility treatment.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/6/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...out how to produce a continuous supply of sperm stem cells from mice, a technique that...species or treat infertility in men. The sperm stem cells were grown in a laboratory and...infertile mice, which then went on to produce sperm and father offspring. Researchers say...
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Sperm's fertilizing potential in male smokers now the focus of study.
Newspaper article from: OBGYN & Reproduction Week; 2/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...produced by nicotine's breakdown, cause sperm to change in ways that could reduce fertility...combination, decreased the capacity of sperm to perform functions necessary to fertilize...study of nicotine's effect on specific sperm functions in semen samples taken from a...
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Sperm counts are dropping.(Vital Signs)
Magazine article from: World Watch; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; The average sperm count of men in the United States and Europe has...nearly 15,000 subjects - Swan found that average sperm counts among healthy American men have dropped from 120 million sperm per milliliter (million/ml) of semen in 1938...
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sperm
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
sperm A mature sperm ( spermatozoon ) is a complex and highly specialized cell, genetically...acrosome , which is an enzyme -rich structure covering the head of the sperm. This is essential for fertilization. Then a tail develops for forward...
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Semen and Sperm
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
Semen and Sperm The presence of sperm and semen can be important to a crime investigation. The visual...a suspected rape. As well, the genetic material present in the sperm can be analyzed and used as a genetic fingerprint to identify a...
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sperm whale
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sperm whale largest of the toothed whales , Physeter...oceans. It is also called cachalot. Male sperm whales may grow to more than 70 ft (21 m...of the body; there is no dorsal fin. The sperm whale has a single nostril on the left side...
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sperm competition
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
sperm competition Competition between sperm from different males to reach and fertilize the egg cell of a single female. Sperm competition can occur among rodents in which a male mates a number of times with the same female, with a rest period...
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sperm oil
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sperm oil liquid wax obtained from the sperm whale, or cachalot, and related marine mammals. It flows readily, is clear, and varies in color from pale yellow to brownish yellow. Chemically it is not a true oil. It is secured from the blubber...
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