The fertility of frozen boar sperm when used for artificial insemination

RV Knox - Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Contents One of the limits to practical use of frozen boar sperm involves the lowered fertility
when used for artificial insemination. Years of studies have shown that 5–6 billion sperm …

Evolutionary consequences of environmental effects on gamete performance

AJ Crean, S Immler - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Variation in pre-and post-release gamete environments can influence evolutionary
processes by altering fertilization outcomes and offspring traits. It is now widely accepted …

Effects of cryopreservation on sperm viability, synthesis of reactive oxygen species, and DNA damage of bovine sperm

H Gürler, E Malama, M Heppelmann, O Calisici… - Theriogenology, 2016 - Elsevier
The objective was to examine if there are relationships between alterations in sperm
viability, reactive oxygen species (ROS) synthesis, and DNA integrity induced by …

Vaginal and vestibular electrical resistance as an alternative marker for optimum timing of artificial insemination with liquid-stored and frozen-thawed spermatozoa in …

D Glencorse, CG Grupen, R Bathgate - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Development of a pen-side test to objectively determine the ideal time for artificial
insemination (AI) in the sow would save producers time and money. Current processes rely …

Supplementing cryopreservation media with reduced glutathione increases fertility and prolificacy of sows inseminated with frozen‐thawed boar semen

E Estrada, JE Rodríguez‐Gil, LG Rocha, S Balasch… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The main aim of this work was to evaluate how supplementing freezing media with reduced
glutathione (GSH) affected the 'in vivo'fertilizing ability of boar semen subjected to …

Effects of mesoporous silica nanoparticles upon the function of mammalian sperm in vitro

N Barkalina, C Jones, J Kashir, S Coote… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanomaterial-mediated delivery represents a promising technique for reproductive biology
with a potential to improve the safety and efficacy of existing methodologies, including …

Epigenetic modifications associated with pathophysiological effects of lead exposure

M Khalid, M Abdollahi - … of Environmental Science and Health, Part …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Lead (Pb) exposure during different stages of development has demonstrated dose,
duration, sex, and tissue-specific pathophysiological outcomes due to altered epigenetic …

Cryobiology and cryopreservation of sperm

AE Öztürk, MN Bucak, M Bodu… - Cryopreservation …, 2019 - books.google.com
Low temperature has been utilized to keep living cells and tissues dormant but potentially
alive for cryopreservation and biobanking with great impacts on scientific and biomedical …

Chromatin architecture changes and DNA replication fork collapse are critical features in cryopreserved cells that are differentially controlled by cryoprotectants

M Falk, I Falková, O Kopečná, A Bačíková… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
In this work, we shed new light on the highly debated issue of chromatin fragmentation in
cryopreserved cells. Moreover, for the first time, we describe replicating cell-specific DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Cold and freezing injury in insects: An overview of molecular mechanisms

J Rozsypal - EJE, 2022 - eje.cz
The present review discusses the molecular mechanisms of injury caused by low
temperatures and/or freezing. The review is intended mainly for insect environmental …