Understanding human pre-implantation development has important implications for assisted
reproductive technology (ART) and for human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-based therapies …

BACKGROUND The advances in the world of IVF during the last decades have been rapid
and impressive and culture media play a major role in this success. Until the 1980s fertility …

We report studies of preimplantation human embryo development that correlate time-lapse
image analysis and gene expression profiling. By examining a large set of zygotes from in …

Paternal characteristics and exposures influence physiology and disease risks in progeny,
but the mechanisms are mostly unknown. Seminal fluid, which affects female reproductive …

The present paper argues that while the Spanish for Heritage Learners (SHL) profession
has given ample attention to sociolinguistic issues such as linguistic standards and …

Recalling the evolutionary sequence of development first of gonad and subsequently of
oviducts, ovarian endocrine regulation of all known components of oviduct physiology is …

Equine Reproductive Physiology Breeding and Stud Management, 5th Edition provides a
thorough grounding in equine reproductive anatomy and physiology and applies it to all …

The genetic codes inscribed during two key developmental processes, namely
gametogenesis and embryogenesis, are believed to determine subsequent development …

Bovine embryos can be generated by in vitro fertilization or somatic nuclear transfer;
however, these differ from their in vivo counterparts in many aspects and exhibit a higher …

In preimplantation mouse development, the first cell lineages to be established are the
trophectoderm (TE) and inner cell mass. TE possesses epithelial features, including apical …