The coiled-coil domain-containing (CCDC) proteins have been implicated in a variety of
physiological and pathological processes. Their functional roles vary from their interaction …

Bull fertility is an important economic trait in sustainable cattle production, as infertile or
subfertile bulls give rise to large economic losses. Current methods to assess bull fertility are …

Background The accurate identification of the exon/intron boundaries is critical for the
correct annotation of genes with multiple exons. Donor and acceptor splice sites (SS) …

Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella (MMAF) are one of the major
causes of male infertility and are characterized by multiple defects. In this study, we found …

Cattle are ideally suited to investigate the genetics of male reproduction, because semen
quality and fertility are recorded for all ejaculates of artificial insemination bulls. We analysed …

Background Cattle are ideally suited to investigate the genetics of male fertility. Semen from
individual bulls is used for thousands of artificial inseminations for which the fertilization …

Semen production traits are important aspects of bull fertility, because semen quantity leads
to direct profits for artificial insemination centres, and semen quality is associated with the …

Cattle are a well-suited “model organism” to study the genetic underpinnings of variation in
male reproductive performance. The adoption of artificial insemination and genomic …

Despite passing routine laboratory tests for semen quality, bulls used in artificial
insemination exhibit significant variation in fertility. Routine analysis of fertility data identified …

Motile cilia and homologous organelles, the flagella, are an early evolutionarily invention,
enabling primitive eukaryotic cells to survive and reproduce. In animals, cilia have …