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Indel mutations within the bovine HSD17B3 gene are significantly associated with ovary morphological traits and mature follicle number.
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 May 2021
Li Jie, Zhang Shaoli, Shen Chenglong, Niu Zhihan, Yang Han, Zhang Kaijuan, Liu Zhengqing, Wang Yongsheng, Lan Xianyong
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Given the intensive selection for increased milk production, it is imperative that the problem of declining fertility in dairy cows be reversed. In female mammals their reproductive traits and functioning is controlled by a finely tuned process balancing estrogens and androgens, in which androgens (e.g., testosterone) as a precursor substance can participate in estrogen synthesis by activating 17β-hydroxysteroid...
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