The main objectives of this study were to determine the influence of diets enriched in α-
linolenic, linoleic or oleic acid on the development and transcriptomic profile of embryos …

Various morphological and cytological traits of oocytes and their surrounding cumulus cells
may be used to select oocytes for assisted reproduction. However, even with careful …

So far, the characteristics of a good quality egg have been elusive, similar to the nature of
the physiological, cellular, and molecular cues leading to its production both in vivo and in …

Understanding gene expression patterns in response to altered environmental conditions at
different time points of the preimplantation period would improve our knowledge on …

Abstract Background Recently, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has rapidly emerged as a major
transcriptome profiling system. Elucidation of the bovine mammary gland transcriptome by …

In animals, the maternal-to-embryonic transition (MET) occurs in the first days of early
development and involves the degradation of maternal transcripts that have been stored …

One of the challenges in mammalian reproduction is to understand the basic physiology of
oocyte quality. It is believed that the follicle status is linked to developmental competence of …

Contents The most important factor affecting the oocyte and early embryo transcriptome is
the legacy from the follicular environment prior to meiotic resumption. Up to the 8‐cell stage …

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) has been added to Stockholm Convention for global
phase out, but will continue to contribute to the chemical burden in humans for a long time to …

RNA sequencing has been extensively used to study specific gene expression patterns to
discover potential key genes related to complex traits of interest in animals. Of note, a new …