Bioscientifica Proceedings

Contents

• Reproduction in Domestic Ruminants V
• • Overview of Ruminant Reproduction Problems
  • • Editorial: Reproduction in Domestic Ruminants

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    • Reproductive challenges facing the cattle industry at the beginning of the 21st century

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    • Aspects of reproductive performance in small ruminants – opportunities and challenges

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    • Enhancing reproductive performance in dairy buffalo: major constraints and achievements

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    • The main challenges facing camel reproduction research in the 21st century

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  • Gamete-Somatic Cell Interactions
  • • Oocyte–somatic cell communication

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    • Evaluation of members of the TGFß superfamily as candidates for the oocyte factors that control mouse cumulus expansion and steroidogenesis

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    • Mechanisms regulating follicular development and selection of the dominant follicle

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    • Germ cell–somatic cell interactions during spermatogenesis

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  • Reproductive Technology
  • • Morphological assessment of preimplantation embryo quality in cattle

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    • The use of genomics and proteomics to understand oocyte and early embryo functions in farm animals

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    • Cloning in livestock agriculture

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  • Pre-natal Programming of Lifetime Productivity and Health
  • • Gene expression in the developing embryo and fetus

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    • Consequences of manipulating gametes and embryos of ruminant species

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    • Ruminant models of prenatal growth restriction

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    • Consequences of intra-uterine growth retardation for postnatal growth, metabolism and pathophysiology

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  • Ovary-Uterus-Embryo Interactions
  • • Lives in the balance: responsiveness of the corpus luteum to uterine and embryonic signals

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    • Follicle growth, corpus luteum function and their effects on embryo development in postpartum dairy cows

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    • Evolution of the interferon τ genes and their promoters, and maternal–trophoblast interactions in control of their expression

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    • Regulation of embryo survival in cattle

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  • Neuroendocrine Interactions
  • • Stress and the control of LH secretion in the ewe

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    • Leptin actions on the reproductive neuroendocrine axis in sheep

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    • Sexually differentiated regulation of GnRH release by gonadal steroid hormones in sheep

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    • Origin of cerebrospinal fluid melatonin and possible function in the integration of photoperiod

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  • Genes Controlling Reproductive Performance
  • • The role of bone morphogenetic proteins in ovarian function

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    • Oocyte-derived growth factors and ovulation rate in sheep

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    • Prolificacy genes in sheep: the French genetic programmes

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    • Bone morphogenetic proteins and folliculogenesis: lessons from the Booroola mutation

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  • Nutrition-Reproduction Interactions
  • • Regulation of nutrient uptake and metabolism in pre-elongation ruminant embryos

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    • Fertility in male sheep: modulators of the acute effects of nutrition on the reproductive axis of male sheep

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    • Interactions between nutrition and ovarian activity in cattle: physiological, cellular and molecular mechanisms

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    • Mechanisms linking nutrition and reproduction in postpartum cows

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  • Ruminant Models for Human Clinical Medicine
  • • Domestic ruminants as models for the elucidation of the mechanisms controlling ovarian follicle development in humans

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    • Growth and maturation of oocytes in vitro

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    • The differential secretion of FSH and LH: regulation through genes, feedback and packaging

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    • Reprogramming the genome: role of the cell cycle

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    • Gene targeting in livestock

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  • Overview
  • • Overview

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