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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1 Analysis of the Meiotic Transcriptome in Genetically Distinct Budding Yeasts Using High Density Oligonucleotide Arrays.- 2 Cell and Antibody Engineering: New Tools for Antigen and Therapeutic Antibody Discovery.- 3 The Wonderful World of Proteomics. The Key Role of MDS Protana A/S.- 4 Cyclin-dependent Kinases and their Chemical Inhibitors: New Targets and Tools for the Study of the Testis?.- 5 Genetic Manipulation and Transplantation of Male Germ Cells.- 6 Germ Cell Culture, Genetic Manipulation and Transplantation.- 7 Regulatory Mechanisms in Mammalian Spermatogenesis.- 8 Routes of Transcriptional Activation in the Testis: CREM and its Coactivator ACT.- 9 Apoptosis- Searching for the Central Executioner.- 10 Germ Cell Apoptosis.- 11 Recruitment of p160 Coactivators to Androgen Receptors.- 12 Interaction of Androgens and Oestrogens in Development of the Testis and Male Reproductive Tract.- 13 Sertoli Cell Proteins in Testicular Paracriny.- 14 The Coming Age of the Epididymis.- Previous Volumes Published in This Series.