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    Identification of loci associated with conception rate in primiparous Holstein cows

    Subfertility is a major issue facing the dairy industry as the average US Holstein cow conception rate (CCR) is approximately 35%. The genetics underlying the physiological processes responsible for CCR, the p...

    Jennifer N. Kiser, Erin Clancey, Joao G. N. Moraes, Joseph Dalton in BMC Genomics (2019)

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    Validation of 46 loci associated with female fertility traits in cattle

    Subfertility is one challenge facing the dairy industry as the average Holstein heifer conception rate (HCR), the proportion of heifers that conceive and maintain a pregnancy per breeding, is estimated at 55–6...

    Jennifer N. Kiser, Elizabeth M. Keuter, Christopher M. Seabury in BMC Genomics (2019)

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    Alterations in expression of endometrial genes coding for proteins secreted into the uterine lumen during conceptus elongation in cattle

    We hypothesized that genes that are up-regulated in the uterine endometrium at the initiation of conceptus elongation in cattle, and that encode for secreted proteins, contribute to the composition of the uter...

    Niamh Forde, Jai P Mehta, Paul A McGettigan, Solomon Mamo, Fuller W Bazer in BMC Genomics (2013)