https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Cisplatin.html © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.Avocados are considered very healthy due to the high content mono-unsaturated lipid, essential vitamins and minerals, minimal sugar and no cholesterol and are therefore sometimes referred to as "the perfect fruits". Avocados, mainly grown in Latin-America, are harvested unripe and sent overseas. However, the ripening process is very difficult to assess visually and tactilely. A tool for precise non-invasive judgement of the status would be valuable as the fruit is too expensive to be cut open unripe or overdue. A white-light source and a light-emitting diode unit with four excitation wavelengths (365 nm, 385 nm, 395 nm, and 405 nm) were used for reflectance and fluorescence spectroscopy in a fiber-coupled set-up for non-invasive monitoring. Twelve non-ripe avocados, with approximately the same size and appearance, were studied and divided into three groups and kept at three different storage conditions; at room temperature, in a refrigerator and a combination of the two. We showed that fluorescence was useful for following the ripening process. A method, which compensates for the spatial variations in spectral properties around a fruit, is described. Remote fluorescence monitoring, intended for orchard use, was also demonstrated. A low-cost device based on fluorescence for avocado ripeness assessment is proposed. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.BACKGROUND Recently we described two outbred mouse lines which have been selected for high fertility. These mouse models doubled the number of offspring per litter. OBJECTIVES Although selected for a primarily female-trait of high fertility (increased litter size) we were interested whether also males of the fertility lines show differences within their reproductive organs. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated males from two outbred mouse lines which have be