Characterisation of endometrial gene expression and metabolic parameters in beef heifers yielding viable or non-viable embryos on day 7 after insemination

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 987-999

  Beltman, M E ^a   Forde, N ^a   Furney, P ^a   Carter, F ^a   Roche, J F ^a   Lonergan, P ^a   Crowe, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

embryo development; IGF; insulin; progesterone

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HEIFER; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UREA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954262079     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09302     Document Type: Article

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