Multitrait meta-analysis identified genomic regions associated with sexual precocity in tropical beef cattle

TP Melo, MRS Fortes, T Bresolin… - Journal of animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Multitrait meta-analyses are a strategy to produce more accurate genome-wide association
studies, especially for complex phenotypes. We carried out a meta-analysis study for traits …

[HTML][HTML] Gestational and postnatal nutritional effects on the neuroendocrine control of puberty and subsequent reproductive performance in heifers

V Garza, SM West, RC Cardoso - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
Pubertal attainment is an intricate biological process that involves maturation of the
reproductive neuroendocrine axis and increased pulsatile release of gonadotropin …

[HTML][HTML] Manipulation of follicle development to improve fertility of cattle in timed-artificial insemination programs

R Sartori, CEC Consentini, R Alves, LO Silva… - animal, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of an ovulatory follicle is a fundamental premise for any reproductive
management program that aims to optimize fertility in cattle. Controlling follicular …

kisspeptin and reproduction in the pig

CA Lents - Animal, 2019 - cambridge.org
The activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary axis is critical for the initiation and maintenance
of reproductive cycles in pigs and is influenced by a number of factors, such as nutrition …

Global differential gene expression in the pituitary gland and the ovaries of pre-and postpubertal Brahman heifers

LT Nguyen, A Reverter, A Cánovas… - Journal of animal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
To understand genes, pathways, and networks related to puberty, we characterized the
transcriptome of two tissues: the pituitary gland and ovaries. Samples were harvested from …

Metabolic imprinting in beef calves supplemented with creep feeding on performance, reproductive efficiency and metabolome profile

BLC Catussi, JR Ferreira, EG Lo Turco… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This experiment evaluated the influence of creep feeding supplementation on productive
and reproductive performance and on serum metabolome profile in Nelore (Bos indicus) …

Genome-wide association study provides insights into important genes for reproductive traits in Nelore cattle

AP Sbardella, RN Watanabe, RM da Costa… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study, we investigated the association between single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) and reproductive traits in order to identify candidate genes and …

The kisspeptin system in domestic animals: what we know and what we still need to understand of its role in reproduction

M Beltramo, V Robert, C Decourt - Domestic animal endocrinology, 2020 - Elsevier
The discovery of the kisspeptin (Kp) system stirred a burst of research in the field of
reproductive neuroendocrinology. In the last 15 yr, the organization and activity of the …

Physiological and genomic insight into neuroendocrine regulation of puberty in gilts

CA Lents, AN Lindo, SM Hileman… - Domestic Animal …, 2020 - Elsevier
The timing of pubertal attainment in gilts is a critical factor for pork production and is an early
indicator of future reproductive potential. Puberty, defined as age at first standing estrus in …

Developmental programming: insulin sensitizer prevents the GnRH-stimulated LH hypersecretion in a sheep model of PCOS

RC Cardoso, A Burns, J Moeller, DC Skinner… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Prenatal testosterone (T) treatment recapitulates the reproductive and metabolic phenotypes
of polycystic ovary syndrome in female sheep. At the neuroendocrine level, prenatal T …