The influence of progesterone on bovine uterine fluid energy, nucleotide, vitamin, cofactor, peptide, and xenobiotic composition during the conceptus elongation-initiation window

Abstract Conceptus elongation coincides with one of the periods of greatest pregnancy loss in cattle and is characterized by rapid trophectoderm expansion, commencing ~ Day 13 of pregnancy, i.e. before maternal pregnancy recognition. The process has yet to be recapitulated in vitro and does not occu...

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Main Authors: Constantine A. Simintiras, José M. Sánchez, Michael McDonald, Patrick Lonergan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44040-6