A number of chapters present the most novel research on testicular and epididymal functions or on more general fields of hormone action and molecular cell biology as it is now a tradition. However, exceptionally, the book also contains several chapters dealing with the "Approaches and Tools in the Third Millenium". The unusual inclusion of technologies as such in the 2000 edition of the workshop was an absolute necessity, as these technologies are revolutionizing the fields of biology and medicine and, in many instances, how to do research. This volume gives the scientific community essential information about the very latest technical developments and their potential for future progress.

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M. Priming, R.M. Williams, E.A. Winzeler et al.: Analysis of the Meiotic Transcriptome in Gentically Distinct Budding Yeast Using High Density Oligonucleotide Arrays; J.P. Mather, L. Bald, P.E. Roberts et al.: Cell and Antibody Engineering:New Tools for Antigen and Therapeutic Antibody Discovery; K.L. Bennett and E. Mortz: The Wonderful World of Proteomics; L. Meijer, M. Leost, S Leclerc and M. Garnier: Cyclin-dependent Kinases and their Chemical Inhibitors: New Targets and Tools for the Study of the Testis? T. Guillaudeux, C. Celebi, P. Auvray and B. Jegou: Genetic Manipulation and Transplantation of Male Germ Cells; St. Schlatt, A.G. Schepers, and V. von Schönfeldt: Germ Cell Culture, Genetic Manipulation and Transplantation; D.M. de Kretser, T. Meehan, M.K.O'Bryan et al.: Regulatory Mechanisms in Mammalian Spermatogenesis; D. de Cesare, G.M. Fimia, A. Morlon and P.Sassone-Corsi: Routes of Transcriptional Activation in the Testis: CREM and its Coactivatior ACT; E.Daugas and G. Kroemer: Apoptosis Searching for the Central Executioner; M.E. Embree and K. Boekelheide: Germ Cell Apoptosis; M. Parker and Ch. Bevan: Recruitment of p160 Coactivators to Androgen Receptors; R.M. Sharpe, C. McKinnell, N. Atanassova et al.: Interaction of Androgens and Oestrogens in Development of the Testis and Male Reproductive Tract; D.D. Mruk and C.Y. Cheng: Sertoli Cell Proteins in Testicular Paracriny; B. Robaire, P. Syntin, and K. Jervis: The Coming Age of the Epididymis.