For many years, reproductive outcomes were considered as being solely determined by the genome of oocytes and sperm. Yet, in the last decades, many other female and male factors have also been found to be relevant. Focusing on the latter, paternal factors have been proposed to be capable of modulating multiple features of the reproductive process, such as sperm physiology, the maternal environment and, even, the offspring health. Considering that the molecular mechanisms underlying this paternal regulation are mostly unknown, the objective of the present Dissertation was to increase the current knowledge on the role played by seminal plasma (SP) and sperm on the reproductive success, using the bovine and porcine as animal models. Chapter 1 ...
Parental health and diet at the time of conception determine the development and life-long disease r...
Ejaculated mammalian sperm must reside within the female reproductive tract for a finite period of t...
Embryos utilize oocyte-donated RNAs until they become capable of producing RNAs through embryonic ge...
The concept that a father’s wellbeing at the time of conception influences the development and long-...
The integrity of the sperm genome and epigenome are critical for normal embryonic development. The a...
Male reproduction is dynamic cascade of events in which a stem cell undergoes several steps of diffe...
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.13...
The evidence supports the occurrence of environmentally-induced paternal epigenetic inheritance that...
Historically, sperm has been considered merely as a carrier of genetic material at fertilisation. H...
Introduction: In recent years, the average age of first reproduction has risen significantly, the me...
The fact that sperm carry more than the paternal DNA has only been discovered just over a decade ago...
L’infertilité concerne 8 à 12% des couples en âge de procréer. Face à ce problème, des prises en cha...
The association between maternal metabolic status at the time of conception and subsequent embryogen...
Having been debated for many years, the presence and role of spermatozoal RNAs is resolving, and the...
Seminal fluid factors modulate the female immune response at conception to facilitate embryo implant...
Parental health and diet at the time of conception determine the development and life-long disease r...
Ejaculated mammalian sperm must reside within the female reproductive tract for a finite period of t...
Embryos utilize oocyte-donated RNAs until they become capable of producing RNAs through embryonic ge...
The concept that a father’s wellbeing at the time of conception influences the development and long-...
The integrity of the sperm genome and epigenome are critical for normal embryonic development. The a...
Male reproduction is dynamic cascade of events in which a stem cell undergoes several steps of diffe...
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.13...
The evidence supports the occurrence of environmentally-induced paternal epigenetic inheritance that...
Historically, sperm has been considered merely as a carrier of genetic material at fertilisation. H...
Introduction: In recent years, the average age of first reproduction has risen significantly, the me...
The fact that sperm carry more than the paternal DNA has only been discovered just over a decade ago...
L’infertilité concerne 8 à 12% des couples en âge de procréer. Face à ce problème, des prises en cha...
The association between maternal metabolic status at the time of conception and subsequent embryogen...
Having been debated for many years, the presence and role of spermatozoal RNAs is resolving, and the...
Seminal fluid factors modulate the female immune response at conception to facilitate embryo implant...
Parental health and diet at the time of conception determine the development and life-long disease r...
Ejaculated mammalian sperm must reside within the female reproductive tract for a finite period of t...
Embryos utilize oocyte-donated RNAs until they become capable of producing RNAs through embryonic ge...