Sperm miRNAs— potential mediators of bull age and early embryo development

Abstract Background Sperm miRNAs were reported to regulate spermatogenesis and early embryonic development in some mammals including bovine. The dairy cattle breeding industry now tends to collect semen from younger bulls under high selection pressure at a time when semen quality may be suboptimal c...

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Main Authors: Chongyang Wu, Patrick Blondin, Christian Vigneault, Rémi Labrecque, Marc-André Sirard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-020-07206-5