Candidate gene expression in Bos indicus ovarian tissues: pre-pubertal and post-pubertal heifers in diestrus

Growth factors such as bone morphogenetic proteins 6, 7, 15 and two isoforms of transforming growth factor-beta (BMP6, BMP7, BMP15, TGFB1 and TGFB2) and insulin-like growth factor system act as local regulators of ovarian follicular development. To elucidate if these factors as well as others candid...

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Main Authors: Mayara Morena Del Cambre Amaral Weller, Marina Rufino Salinas Fortes, Laercio R Porto-Neto, Matthew Kelly, Bronwyn Venus, Lisa Kidd, Joao Paulo A do Rego, Sophia Edwards, Gry Boe-Hansen, Emily Piper, Sigrid A Lehnert, Simone EF Guimarães, Stephen Stewart Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2016.00094/full