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Polyunsaturated fatty acids influence offspring sex ratio in cows (2019)
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Marei, W. F. A., Khalil, W. A., Pushpakumara, P. G. A., El-Harairy, M. A., Abo El-Atta, A. M. A., Wathes, D. C., & Fouladi-Nashta, A. A. (2019). Polyunsaturated fatty acids influence offspring sex ratio in cows. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijvsm.2018.01.006

Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) can influence fertility in farm animals. Some evidence in mice and sheep have suggested that PUFAs may influence offspring sex ratio, which may have significant value for cattle production. To test this hyp... Read More about Polyunsaturated fatty acids influence offspring sex ratio in cows.

Zebrafish as a model for kidney function and disease (2019)
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Outtandy, P., Russell, C., Kleta, R., & Brockenhauer, D. (2019). Zebrafish as a model for kidney function and disease. Pediatric Nephrology, 34(5), 751-762. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-018-3921-7

Kidney disease is a global problem with around three million people diagnosed in the UK alone and the incidence is rising. Research is critical to develop better treatments. Animal models can help to better understand the pathophysiology behind the v... Read More about Zebrafish as a model for kidney function and disease.

The Role Of Fstl3 In Spermatogenesis: A Transcriptome Analysis (2019)
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Ballesteros, R., Xia, D., O'Shaughnessy, P., & Mukherjee, A. (2019). The Role Of Fstl3 In Spermatogenesis: A Transcriptome Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-SUN-218

Spermatogenesis in mammals depends on the function of Sertoli cells (SC). The total number of SC present in the testes is determined in the pre-pubertal stages of development. Activin, a TGFβ family ligand, regulates SC proliferation in the early pos... Read More about The Role Of Fstl3 In Spermatogenesis: A Transcriptome Analysis.

Germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is widespread among songbirds (2019)
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Torgasheva, A. A., Malinovskaya, L. P., Zadesenets, K. S., Karamysheva, T. V., Kizilova, E. A., Akberdina, E. A., …Borodin, P. M. (2019). Germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is widespread among songbirds. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1817373116

An unusual supernumerary chromosome has been reported for two related avian species, the zebra and Bengalese finches. This large, germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is eliminated from somatic cells and spermatids and transmitted via oocytes only. I... Read More about Germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is widespread among songbirds.

Faculty Perception of an Embedded Research Project in the Undergraduate Veterinary Curriculum (2019)
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Cehrs, E., Pelligand, L., & Weller, R. (2019). Faculty Perception of an Embedded Research Project in the Undergraduate Veterinary Curriculum. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education,

In this article, we describe faculty’s perception of a research project embedded in the final year of the undergraduate veterinary curriculum and look at factors associated with overall perceptions of the project. We hypothesized that faculty would h... Read More about Faculty Perception of an Embedded Research Project in the Undergraduate Veterinary Curriculum.

Understanding mechanobiology in cultured endothelium: A review of the orbital shaker method (2019)
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Warboys, C. M., Ghim, M., & Weinberg, P. D. (2019). Understanding mechanobiology in cultured endothelium: A review of the orbital shaker method. Atherosclerosis, 285, 170-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.04.210

A striking feature of atherosclerosis is its highly non-uniform distribution within the arterial tree. This has been attributed to variation in the haemodynamic wall shear stress (WSS) experienced by endothelial cells, but the WSS characteristics tha... Read More about Understanding mechanobiology in cultured endothelium: A review of the orbital shaker method.

Genome-wide association study for body weight in cattle populations from Siberia (2019)
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Igoshin, A. V., Yudin, N. S., Belonogova, N. M., & Larkin, D. M. (2019). Genome-wide association study for body weight in cattle populations from Siberia. Animal Genetics, 50(3), 250-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/age.12786

Body weight is a complex trait in cattle associated with commonly used commercial breeding measurements related to growth. Although many quantitative trait loci (QTL) for body weight have been identified in cattle so far, searching for genetic determ... Read More about Genome-wide association study for body weight in cattle populations from Siberia.

Pretectal projections to the oculomotor cerebellum in hummingbirds ( Calypte anna ), zebra finches ( Taeniopygia guttata ), and pigeons ( Columba livia ) (2019)
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Gaede, A. H., Gutierrez‐Ibanez, C., Armstrong, M. S., Altshuler, D. L., & Wylie, D. R. (2019). Pretectal projections to the oculomotor cerebellum in hummingbirds ( Calypte anna ), zebra finches ( Taeniopygia guttata ), and pigeons ( Columba livia ). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 527(16), 2644-2658. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24697

In birds, optic flow is processed by a retinal‐recipient nucleus in the pretectum, the nucleus lentiformis mesencephali (LM), which then projects to the cerebellum, a key site for sensorimotor integration. Previous studies have shown that the LM is h... Read More about Pretectal projections to the oculomotor cerebellum in hummingbirds ( Calypte anna ), zebra finches ( Taeniopygia guttata ), and pigeons ( Columba livia ).

Effect of oral administration of pioglitazone on follicular dynamics in Holstein dairy cows (2019)
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Yousefi, A. R., Kohram, H., Zare Shahneh, A., Zamiri, M. J., Dirandeh, E., Kazemi Khoozani, M., …Fouladi-Nashta, A. A. (2019). Effect of oral administration of pioglitazone on follicular dynamics in Holstein dairy cows. Livestock Science, 224, 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2019.04.001

This study investigated the effects of oral administration of pioglitazone (PGT), a specific and synthetic ligand of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors gamma (PPARγ), on follicular dynamics and corpus luteum (CL) functionality in dairy cows.... Read More about Effect of oral administration of pioglitazone on follicular dynamics in Holstein dairy cows.