The paracrine effects of oocyte secretions on the developmental competence of oocyte are still under investigation. Oocyte-secreted factors (OSFs) seem to be involved in the maturation of bovine oocytes. Therefore, this study was conducted...

correlation with age at sexual maturity (ASM) (0.75), while its genetic correlation with egg number (EN) was highly negative (-0.71). EN also showed high negative correlation with yolk and albumen weight (-0.91 and -0.75, respectively). Based on the present...

Rodents' significant role in transmission of serious zoonotic diseases is considered as an interesting subject in public attention. With respect to the importance of arthropod-infested rodents in zoonotic diseases transmission ...

Rodents, as the most common mammal species around the world, are indicated as one of the main health problems to humans, especially in the populated areas. Since most of the rodent species are considered as suitable ...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a biological signaling molecule that plays a crucial role in oocyte maturation

of mammalians. It is generated by the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzyme from l-arginine. Although

the effect of NO has been shown...

coefficients of friction against four structural surfaces

namely aluminium, plywood, galvanized iron and rubber) as a function of maturity indices for

Ashraf variety of pomegranate arils were investigated. All physical properties of pomegranate...

were significant in all of the studied factors. All of experimental parameters except

acidity had an increasing trend with delaying in harvesting date, so that the highest

amounts of pH (3.36), brix (15.9%), maturity index (8.76) and anthocyanin (40...