Project description:Early embryonic development is enhanced in Holstein cows fed diets enriched in specific polyunsaturated fatty acids. However, the molecular mechanisms affected by specific polyunsaturated fatty acids during early embryonic development in cattle are poorly understood. Therefore, our objective was to evaluate the maternal effects of diets enriched in linoleic or α-linolenic acid on transcriptome profiling of in vivo bovine pre-implantation embryos.
Project description:RNA sequencing reveals novel gene clusters in bovine conceptuses associated with maternal recognition of pregnancy and implantation
Project description:Pre-implantation embryos derived by in vitro fertilization differ in their developmental potential from embryos obtained in vivo. In order to characterize changes in gene expression profiles caused by in vitro culture environment, we employed microarray constructed from bovine embryo-specific cDNAs (BlueChip v., Université Laval, Québec) to compare in vitro cultured and in vivo derived bovine embryos at 4-cell and 8-cell stage.
Project description:Affymetrix Human GeneChips are used to profile gene expression of bovine tissues and embryos to identify uniquely expressed genes in bovine in-vitro fertilized embryos by comparing with seven bovine adult tissues through gene clustering
