Bioscientifica Proceedings

Summary. Embryo-maternal communication, as well as recognition and establishment of pregnancy, is predominantly controlled by secretion of hormones and proteins. Furthermore, uterine fluid serves as a histotroph and contains factors essential for embryo development and elongation, making it a meaningful source for proteomic approaches of early embryonic development. The studies included in this review address the analysis of uterine fluid and endometrium durin...

Declining fertility is a major problem for the dairy industry. Recent developments of Omics-technologies facilitate a comprehensive analysis of molecular patters in gametes, embryos and tissues of the reproductive tract which may help to identify the reasons for impaired fertility. Large Omics-datasets require appropriate bioinformatics analysis in the context of rapidly expanding and evolving scientific databases. This overview summarizes the current status of ruminant genome...