Selection of a single dominant follicle from a cohort of growing follicles is a unique biological
process, a key step in female reproductive function in monovular species, and lies at the …

Altered nutrition or intrauterine exposure to various adverse conditions during fetal
development or earlier in a mother's life can lead to epigenetic changes in fetal tissues …

Intrauterine exposure to various adverse conditions during fetal development can lead to
epigenetic changes in fetal tissues, predisposing those tissues to disease conditions later in …

A major gene for bovine ovulation rate has been mapped to a 1.2 Mb region of chromosome
10. Screening of coding regions of positional candidate genes within this region failed to …

The GMM sheep is a carrier of Booroola fecundity (FecB) gene, which produces the twins
and triplets in one lambing. The homozygous carrier GMM (FecBBB), non‐carrier GMM and …

The acquisition of dominance and ovulatory capacity was evaluated in follicles from cows
that were carriers or half-sibling noncarriers of the Trio allele. Follicle size at acquisition of …

Regulation of the growth and maturation of the ovarian follicle is critical for normal
reproductive function. Alterations in this growth can lead to pathological conditions, such as …

Reproductive efficiency is a key driver of profitability in sheep meat production. Thus,
developing new strategies to increase reproductive efficiency has been a focus of many …

Background: This study aimed to investigate the expression and localisation of follicle
stimulating hormone receptor/growth hormone receptor/luteinising hormone receptor …

Ewes with single copy mutations in GDF9, BMP15 or BMPR1B have smaller preovulatory
follicles containing fewer granulosa cells (GC), whilst developmental competency of the …