Reproduction Abstracts

The endometrium plays a central role in fertility and pregnancy. It undergoes changes in function and histological morphology over the oestrus cycle, driven by dynamic changes in progesterone and oestrogen. To understand the changes resulting from elevated oestrogen levels around oestrus, we profiled the transcriptome of the bovine uterus. Endometrial tissue was collected from synchronized beef heifers in six cohorts: i) 12 h after controlled intravaginal progesterone-releasin...