Sexual dimorphic miRNA-mediated response of bovine elongated embryos to the maternal microenvironment.

A skewed male-to-female ratio in cattle is believed to be due to the biased embryo losses during pregnancy. The changes in biochemical secretion such as miRNAs by the embryo due to altered maternal environment could cause a sex biased selective implantation resulting in a skewed male to female ratio...

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Main Authors: Dessie Salilew-Wondim, Michael Hoelker, Eva Held-Hoelker, Franca Rings, Ernst Tholen, Christine Große-Brinkhaus, Karl Shellander, Carina Blaschka, Urban Besenfelder, Vita Havlicek, Dawit Tesfaye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298835&type=printable