Long-term effects on offspring of exposure of oocytes and embryos to chemical and physical agents

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Central to this review is the knowledge that, in some livestock species, the environment in which fertilization and embryo development occurs influences not only preimplantation embryo development but also the phenotype of resulting offspring. This knowledge is based on in-vitro studies where the induced changes in the embryo can result in an array of developmental abnormalities after transfer including fetal...

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