2:00 PM 105. IN VIVO DELIVERY OF ADENOVIRUS EXPRESSING FOLLISTATIN REVEALS A KEY ROLE FOR THE GnRH RECEPTOR ACTIVATING SEQUENCE (GRAS) IN MEDIATING ACTIVIN RESPONSIVENESS OF THE GnRH RECEPTOR GENE PROMOTER IN TRANSGENIC MICE. Cherrington, Brian¹, Cantlon, Jeremy ¹, Farmerie, Todd¹, Clay, Colin¹, ¹ Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

2:15 PM 106. THE SPATIAL ORIENTATION BETWEEN THE GnRH RECEPTOR ACTIVATING SEQUENCE AND THE DOWNSTREAM ACTIVIN REGULATORY ELEMENT IS CRITICAL FOR GnRH RECEPTOR PROMOTER ACTIVITY. Clay, Colin¹, Cherrington, Brian¹, Farmerie, Todd¹, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

2:30 PM 107. RESPONSIVENESS OF GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR (GnRHR) AND GONADOTROPIN SUBUNIT GENE EXPRESSION FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH A GnRH ANTAGONIST IN LINES OF SWINE DIVERGENT FOR OVULATION RATE. Bass, Benjamin¹, Cederberg, Rebecca¹, Mills, Ginger¹, White, Brett¹, ¹ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

2:45 PM 108. DIVERGENT ACTIVITY OF GnRH RECEPTOR (GnRHR) GENE PROMOTERS AMONG LINES OF SWINE IS PARTIALLY CONFERRED BY AN NF-B ELEMENT. McDonald, Emily¹, Cederberg, Rebecca¹, Friedrich, Rachel¹, White, Brett¹, ¹ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

3:00 PM 109. THE FORKHEAD FACTOR, FOXL2, REGULATES EXPRESSION OF THE GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE ALPHA SUBUNIT (GSU). Ellsworth, Buffy¹, Egashira, Noboru^{1, 2}, Osamura, Robert², Camper, Sally¹, ¹ The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI² Tokai University, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

3:15 PM 110. FETAL PROGRAMMING: HYPERGONADOTROPISM IN PRENATALLY TESTOSTERONE-TREATED SHEEP IS NOT DUE TO UPREGULATION OF GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR AND GONADOTROPIN SUBUNIT mRNA. Manikkam, Mohan¹, Thompson, Robert¹, Padmanabhan, Vasantha¹, ¹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

3:30 PM 111. PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR PROTEIN EXPRESSION IS UP-REGULATED IN THE PITUITARY GLAND OF MUTANT RESTRICTED OVULATOR HENS. Ocon, Olga¹, Maddineni, Sreenivasa¹, Hendricks, Gilbert¹, Elkin, Robert¹, Ramachandran, Ramesh¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

3:45 PM 112. IDENTIFICATION AND EXPRESSION PATTERNS OF A NOVEL GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR AND ITS SPLICE VARIANTS IN THE CHICKEN. Shimizu, Mamiko¹, Bedecarrats, Gregoy¹, ¹ University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada