For several decades, breeding goals in dairy cattle focussed on increased milk production.
However, many functional traits have negative genetic correlations with milk yield, and …

Fertilization is defined as the union of two gametes. During fertilization, sperm and egg fuse
to form a diploid zygote to initiate prenatal development. In mammals, fertilization involves …

Sperm− oocyte membrane fusion is one of the most important events for fertilization. So far,
IZUMO1 and Fertilization Influencing Membrane Protein (FIMP) on the sperm membrane …

The fusion of gamete membranes during fertilization is an essential process for sexual
reproduction. Despite its importance, only three proteins are known to be indispensable for …

A previous whole-genome association analysis identified lysine demethylase 6A (KDM6A),
which encodes a type of histone demethylase, as a candidate gene associated to goat …

Fertilization is the fundamental process that initiates the development of a new individual in
all sexually reproducing species. Despite its importance, our understanding of the molecular …

Breeding bulls are well suited to investigate inherited variation in male fertility because they
are genotyped and their reproductive success is monitored through semen analyses and …

Background The availability of dense genotypes and whole-genome sequence variants from
various sources offers the opportunity to compile large datasets consisting of tens of …

Tmem95 encodes a sperm acrosomal membrane protein, whose knockout has a male-
specific sterility phenotype in mice. Tmem95 knockout murine sperm can bind to, but do not …

Inbreeding depression is known to affect quantitative traits such as male fertility and sperm
quality, but the genetic basis for these associations is poorly understood. Most studies have …