Abstract Heifer infertility has a negative impact on beef cattle production and profit the livestock industry. The ability to identify heifers early based reproductive potential would help improve sustainability of production. omics technologies have provided opportunities efficiency. Previously, we explored plasma metabolic profiles mRNA in peripheral white blood cells (PWBCs) serve as molecul...

T he magnitude, characterization, and control of occupational and environmental reproductive and developmental health risks are areas of active scholarly investigation. Scientific, epidemiological, and toxicological data concerning reproductive and developmental health risks have been determined for some chemicals, but data on many chemicals, physical agents, and biological agents are limited a...

The lifespan of budding yeast cells is divided into two stages: reproductive and post-reproductive. The post-reproductive stage of the yeast's lifespan has never been characterized before. We have analyzed the influence of various mutations on the post-reproductive (PRLS) and replicative (RLS) lifespans. The results indicate that PRLS demonstrates an inverse relationship with RLS. The observed ...

Kin and group interactions are important determinants of reproductive success in many species. Their optimization could, therefore, potentially improve the productivity and breeding success of managed populations used for agricultural and conservation purposes. Here we demonstrate this potential using a novel approach to measure and predict the effect of kin and group dynamics on reproductive o...

Context-dependent decision-making conditions individual plasticity and is an integrant part of alternative reproductive strategies. In eusocial Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps), the discovery of worker reproductive parasitism recently challenged the view of workers as a homogeneous collective entity and stressed the need to consider them as autonomous units capable of elaborate choices which ...