Bioscientifica Proceedings

Contents

• Reproduction in Domestic Ruminants IV
• • Follicular Development
  • • Editorial: Reproduction in Domestic Ruminants

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    • Control of early ovarian follicular development

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    • Comparative patterns of follicle development and selection in ruminants

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    • Molecular mechanisms regulating follicular recruitment and selection

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    • Role of growth hormone in development and maintenance of follicles and corpora lutea

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    • Regulation of follicle waves to maximize fertility in cattle

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  • Neuroendocrine Relationships
  • • Regulation of GnRH receptor gene expression in sheep and cattle

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    • Follicle-stimulating isohormones: regulation and biological significance

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    • Endocrine and reproductive responses of male and female cattle to agonists of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone

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    • Control of parturition in ruminants

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  • Comparative Reproductive Function: Implications for Management
  • • Implications of recent advances in reproductive physiology for reproductive management of goats

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    • Comparative reproductive function in cervids: implications for management of farm and zoo populations

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    • Reproduction in water buffalo: comparative aspects and implications for management

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    • Reproduction in female South American domestic camelids

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  • The Corpus Luteum
  • • Growth and development of the corpus luteum

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    • Molecular regulation of luteal progesterone synthesis in domestic ruminants

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    • Luteal peptides and their genes as important markers of ovarian differentiation

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    • Intraovarian regulation of luteolysis

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  • Male Function and Fertility
  • • Regulation of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone secretion by testosterone in male sheep

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    • Role of male–female interaction in regulating reproduction in sheep and goats

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    • Sexual behaviour of rams: male orientation and its endocrine correlates

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    • The functional integrity and fate of cryopreserved ram spermatozoa in the female tract

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  • Embryonic Survival
  • • Uterine differentiation as a foundation for subsequent fertility

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    • IGF paracrine and autocrine interactions between conceptus and oviduct

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    • The regulation of interferon-t production and uterine hormone receptors during early pregnancy

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    • Mechanism of action of interferon-tau in the uterus during early pregnancy

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  • Local Cellular and Tissue Communication
  • • Roles of extracellular matrix in follicular development

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    • Plasmin–tumour necrosis factor interaction in the ovulatory process

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    • Growth factors and extracellular matrix proteins in interactions of cumulus–oocyte complex, spermatozoa and oviduct

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    • Regulation of ovarian extracellular matrix remodelling by metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors: effects on follicular development, ovulation and luteal function

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  • Nutrition and Metabolic Signalling
  • • Nutrition and fetal growth: paradoxical effects in the overnourished adolescent sheep

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    • Placental transport of nutrients and its implications for fetal growth

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    • Effects of energy balance on follicular development and first ovulation in postpartum dairy cows

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    • The role of leptin in nutritional status and reproductive function

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  • Reproductive Technology
  • • Activation of primordial follicles in vitro

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    • Aspects of follicular and oocyte maturation that affect the developmental potential of embryos

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    • Development of serum-free culture systems for the ruminant embryo and subsequent assessment of embryo viability

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    • Sexing mammalian spermatozoa and embryos – state of the art

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    • Nuclear transfer from somatic cells: applications in farm animal species

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