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Project

Growth Factors and Their Action through the Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase Pathway in the Bovine Preimplantation Embryo.
Code
01D30213
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
    • Genetics
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
Keywords
Vitro Embryo Production Survival Pathway cattle growth factors
 
Project description
 

Pregnancy rates, after transfer of in vitro produced cattle embryos, remain quite low. In several biological systems, growth factors play a crucial role in the activation of a universal survival pathway.

Growth factors are not routinely added to the medium used for embryo culture. In this project, we investigate the importance of growth factors and their pathway in the preimplantation embryo.