Mean weight at birth of unaffected (normal homozygous and PKU heterozygous) offspring of parents heterozygous for the phenylketonuria (PKU) allele averages significantly above that of Norwegian neonates, with no significant difference in mean age of mothers or in mean parity. It approaches the optimal birthweight--that which confers the minimum overall mortality in the pre-, peri-, and postnata...

Growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) plays a critical role in ovarian follicular development and ovulation rate. The present study aimed to investigate the correlation between the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the GDF9 gene and reproductive performance variables, such as fertility and sterility in Awassi sheep. Forty pairs of ovaries from a total of 40 slaughtered Iraqi Awa...

the most significant complication of pregnancy is recurrent miscarriage. numerous factors have been described as associations with recurrent wastage such as: uterine abnormalities, immunological factors, endocrinologic imbalance and chromosomal defects. cytogenetic evaluation of couples with recurrent pregnancy losses is performed on the basis of g-banding technique only after other possible et...