Infertility is an often devastating diagnosis encountered by around one in six couples who
are trying to conceive. Moving away from the long-held belief that infertility is primarily a …

Sperm is essential for successful artificial insemination in dairy cattle, and its quality can be
influenced by both epigenetic modification and epigenetic inheritance. The bovine germline …

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 …

The epigenome is dynamic and forged by epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA
methylation, histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding RNA species …

The bovine represents an important agriculture species and dairy breeds have experienced
intense genetic selection over the last decades. The selection of breeders focused initially …

Spermatogenesis is a complex and highly regulated process. The ability of spermatozoa to
perform its function depends on multiple physiological and genetic factors that are not fully …

Simple Summary Infertility is a problem in the livestock industry. The impact of these cases
can be a long calving interval period, increasing the operational costs. Male livestock should …

Epigenetic modifications in histones are crucial for proper sperm physiology, egg activation
and reproductive development of males. The objectives of this study were to determine the …

In vitro fertility potential of individual bulls is still relatively uncharacterized. Classical sperm
analysis does not include the evaluation of all sperm characteristics and thus, some cell …

Apart from traditional semen examination parameters, there is not yet a set of functional
markers for accurate determination of bull fertility and sperm freezability or …