The therapeutic properties of plants have been recognised since time immemorial. Many
pathological conditions have been treated using plant-derived medicines. These medicines …

Oocyte quality, which is directly related to reprogramming competence, is a major important
limiting factor in animal cloning efficiency. Compared with oocytes matured in vivo, in vitro …

Background Health in early life is crucial for health later in life. Exposure to air pollution
during embryonic and early-life development can result in placental epigenetic modification …

The use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) to overcome fertility problems has
continued to increase since the birth of the first baby conceived by ART over 30 years ago …

Heat stress affects muscle development and meat quality in food animals; however, little is
known regarding its regulatory mechanisms at the epigenetic level, such as via DNA …

Early embryonic loss and altered gene expression in in vitro produced blastocysts are
believed to be partly caused by aberrant DNA methylation. However, specific embryonic …

Thermal manipulation during embryogenesis has been demonstrated to enhance the
thermotolerance capacity of broilers through epigenetic modifications. Heat shock proteins …

Background Efforts to improve animal health, and understand genetic bases for production,
may benefit from a comprehensive analysis of animal genomes and epigenomes. Although …

Background Although sperm DNA methylation has been studied in humans and other
species, its status in cattle is largely unknown. Results Using whole-genome bisulfite …

Brahman cattle have a Bos indicus and Bos taurus mosaic genome, as a result of the
process used to create the breed (repeat backcrossing of Bos taurus females to Bos indicus …