Ovarian Circular RNAs Associated with High and Low Fertility in Large White Sows during the Follicular and Luteal Phases of the Estrous Cycle

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The fertility of sows is considered to be their most important economic trait, as it is critical for swine farm profitability. There are considerable differences in fertility rates among individual pigs, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear at present. The ovary is the most important reproductive organ. Folliculogenesis, ovulation, and corpus luteum formation and regression occur in the ovary, repeatedly taking place over the reproductive life and regulating mammalian reproduction. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a novel type of noncoding RNA (ncRNA), which have great potential to exert effects on multiple physiological processes. In particular, some circRNAs are closely involved in reproductive processes and function as potent microRNA (miRNA)

SUBMITTER: Hu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7222767 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature