The livestock sector is a vital component of India's agricultural economy,providing essential support to rural communities and ensuring food security.Efficient reproductive performance is critical to sustaining livest...
Supported by Guizhou Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Project(QNYZZZ[2017]No.12,GZSZCYJSTX-04);2024 Quality Supervision and Sampling Project of Normal Temperature Semen for Breeding Pigs.
[Objectives]Straw-preserved frozen semen from native and imported pig breeds and its conception performance were studied to provide a scientific basis for further optimizing pig breeding strategy.[Methods]This study w...
funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation,Spain (AGL2017-88329-R, FPU18/00666 and PID2020-113320RB-I00);the Regional Government of Catalonia,Spain (2017-SGR-1229, 2020-FI-B-00412 and 2020-SGR-0900);the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)。
Background Despite their low abundance in sperm, mitochondria have diverse functions in this cell type, includ-ing energy production, signalling and calcium regulation. In humans, sperm mitochondrial DNA content(mtDNA...
funded by Department of Science and Technology(DST-SERB,file number-(ECR/2018/000864),Govt.of India to IB;We are grateful to the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor,HNB Garhwal University,Uttarakhand(HNBGU),past and present Head(s),Dept.of Zoology,HNBGU,for valuable support;IB is thankful to the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor and Dept.of Zoology,Central University of Kerala,Periye Campus,Kasaragod,Kerala for necessary infrastructural support.
Among vertebrate species,fishes are considered to be the most developmentally diverse taxa exhibiting remarkable gonadal plasticity with capacity of sex reversal.Sex determination in teleost fishes is governed via a c...
This research was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation scheme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No.801342(Tecniospring INDUSTRY;Grant:TECSPR-19-1-0003);the Ministry of Science and Innovation,Spain(Grants:PID2020-113320RB-I00,PID2020-113493RB-I00,RYC2021-034546-I and RYC2021-034764-I);the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants,Regional Government of Catalonia,Spain(Grants:2017-SGR-1229 and 2021-SGR-00900);the Seneca Foundation,Regional Government of Murcia,Spain(Grant:21935/PI/22);La Marato de TV3 Foundation(Grant:214/857-202039);and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies(ICREA).
Background Protamination and condensation of sperm chromatin as well as DNA integrity play an essential role during fertilization and embryo development.In some mammals,like pigs,ejaculates are emitted in three separa...
the Ministry of Science and Innovation,Spain(IJC2019-039615-I and PID2020-113320RB-I00);the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation scheme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No.801342(Techniospring INDUSTRY;TECSPR-19-1-0003);the Regional Government of Catalonia(2017-SGR-1229 and 2021-SGR-00900);the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies(ICREA).
Background MicroRNAs(miRNAs)are small,single-stranded,non-coding RNA molecules of 22–24 nucleotides that regulate gene expression.In the last decade,miRNAs have been described in sperm of several mammals,including ca...
the financial support,grants AGL2017-85603-P,PID2020-120281RB-100 and PID2020-117788RB-100 funded by MCIN/AEI/10,13039/501100011033;grants SBPLY/21/180501/000111 and SBPLY/21/180501/000050 funded by JCCM by EU through Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional;supported by a UCLM scholarship;supported by a JCCM scholarship
Background Artificial insemination(AI)is a routine breeding technology in animal reproduction.Nevertheless,the temperature-sensitive nature and short fertile lifespan of ram sperm samples hamper its use in AI.In this ...
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation scheme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No.801342(Tecniospring INDUSTRY,TECSPR-19-1-0003);the Ministry of Science and Innovation,Spain(AGL2017-88329-R and PID2020-113320RBI00);the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants,Regional Government of Catalonia,Spain(2017-SGR-1229);the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies(ICREA);La Maratóde TV3 Foundation(214/857-202039)。
Background:The analysis of chromatin integrity has become an important determinant of sperm quality.In frozenthawed bovine sperm,neither the sequence of post-thaw injury events nor the dynamics of different types of s...
supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF),funded by the Ministry of Education(NRF-2018R1A6A1A03025159).
Background:Male infertility is an important issue that causes low production in the animal industry.To solve the male fertility crisis in the animal industry,the prediction of sperm quality is the most important step....
The authors thank Dr.Simon Baxter from the University of Melbourne(previously University of Adelaide)for facilitating the use of yellowr line Qfly colony.This research was conducted as part of the SITplus collaborative fruit fly program.Projeet Raising Q-ly Sterile Inseet Tech-nique to World Standard(HG14033)is funded by the Hort Frontiers Fruit Fly Fund,part of the Hort Frontiers strategic partnership initiative developed by Hort Innovation,with co-investment from Macquarie University and contributions from the Australian Government.JS was supported by a Macquarie University iRTP Scholarship.
Multiple mating by females,polyandry,is common in insects,including in tephritid fruit flies.Female insects that remate commonly store sperm of multiple males.How the sperm of different males contribute to paternity i...