Implantation, a critical step for establishing pregnancy, requires molecular and cellular
events resulting in uterine growth and differentiation, blastocyst adhesion, invasion, and …

Building on the successful structure of the first edition, the second edition of Reproductive
Technologies in Farm Animals has been totally updated and revised to provide an up to date …

The somatotropic axis, consisting of growth hormone (GH), hepatic insulin-like growth factor
I (IGF-I), and assorted releasing factors, regulates growth and body composition …

Secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, growth hormone (GH) is a peptide that plays a
critical role in regulating cell growth, development, and metabolism in multiple targeted …

Pituitary somatotrophs secrete growth hormone (GH) into the bloodstream, to act as a
hormone at receptor sites in most, if not all, tissues. These endocrine actions of circulating …

The series of events associated with oocyte growth and maturation determines the oocyte's
ability to undergo successful fertilization, cleavage and embryonic development. Among the …

To identify the genes related to oocyte competence, we quantified transcripts for candidate
genes in oocytes (H1Foo, H2A, H3A, GHR, GDF9, BMP15, OOSP1) and cumulus cells …

In vitro maturation of oocytes is a crucial step in assisted reproductive technologies in cattle;
however, the molecular mechanisms of cumulus contribution to oocyte developmental …

The preimplantation embryo starts as a single cell, the zygote. The first cell divisions do not
lead to volume expansion, but rather to an increasing number of small cells. At the morula …

Leptin has been shown to exert positive effects during the maturation of bovine oocytes,
influencing blastocyst development, apoptosis, and the transcript levels of developmentally …