Seeds are essential for flowering plant reproduction because they protect, nourish, and
contain the developing embryo that represents the next sporophytic generation. In addition …

Microinjection of foreign DNA into pronuclei of a fertilized oocyte has predominantly been
used for the generation of transgenic livestock. This technology works reliably, but is …

The primary differentiation event during mammalian development occurs at the blastocyst
stage and leads to the delineation of the inner cell mass (ICM) and the trophectoderm (TE) …

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 …

Acne vulgaris is a skin disorder of the sebaceous follicles, involving hyperkeratinization and
perifollicular inflammation. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) have a predominant role in …

Prior to follicle selection into the preovulatory hierarchy, hen granulosa cells from
prehierarchal follicles remain undifferentiated, as defined in part by the virtual absence of …

Spermiogenesis represents the transition from haploid spermatids to spermatozoa. This
process entails an extreme condensation of the nucleus and a loss of nearly all cytoplasmic …

Maternal diabetes promotes an overaccumulation of lipids in the feto-placental unit and
impairs feto-placental development and growth. Here, we investigated the role played by the …

Microarray-hybridization specificity is one of the main effectors of microarray result quality. In
the present review, we suggest a definition for specificity that spans four hybridization levels …

To elucidate the functional significance of genome multiplication in somatic tissues, we
performed a large-scale analysis of ploidy-associated changes in expression of non-tissue …