Male fertility status is associated with DNA methylation signatures in sperm and transcriptomic profiles of bovine preimplantation embryos

Male fertility status is associated with DNA methylation signatures in sperm and transcriptomic profiles of bovine preimplantation embryos

Abstract Background Infertility in dairy cattle is a concern where reduced fertilization rates and high embryonic loss are contributing factors. Studies of the paternal contribution to reproductive performance are limited. However, recent discoveries have shown that, in addition to DNA, sperm delive...

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Main Authors: Jenna Kropp, José A. Carrillo, Hadjer Namous, Alyssa Daniels, Sana M. Salih, Jiuzhou Song, Hasan Khatib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Fertility
Embryonic development
Methylation
Transcriptome
IVF
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-3673-y

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