MiRNA expression profiles of peripheral white blood cells from beef heifers with varying reproductive potential.

ABSTRACT: Reproductive performance is the most critical factor affecting production efficiency in the cow-calf industry. Heifers with low reproductive efficiency may fail to become pregnant during the breeding season or maintain a pregnancy. The cause of reproductive failure often remains unknown, and the non-pregnant heifers are not identified until several weeks after the breeding season. Therefore, improving heifer fertility utilizing genomic information has become increasingly important. One approach is using microRNAs (miRNA) in the maternal blood that play an important role in regulating the target genes underlying pregnancy success and thereby in selecting reproductively efficient heifers. Therefore, the current study hypothesized that miRNA expression profiles from peripheral white blood cel

SUBMITTER: Banerjee P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10206245 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature