Sentences with phrase «affect embryo development»
The artificial embryonic model could facilitate investigations into how genetic manipulations and environmental toxins affect embryo development.
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In a study published in Zoology, FAU researchers are the first to show why and how moisture conditions inside the nest affect the development and sex ratios of turtle embryos.
But meanwhile, new findings by a handful of pioneering researchers indicate that the fate of an embryo may be determined by biological events that affect the development of an egg months before fertilization.
He has been able to piggyback on previous work on the development of the chick embryo: When researchers interested in some process use a stain to show gene activity, the stain affects the whole embryo, providing clues about which genes are active in tail growth.
The top biological networks likely to be affected were associated with embryo and sperm development, and metabolic disorders.
For years, Scripps neuroscientist Jerold Chun had been studying the embryonic brain and how certain lipids in the blood of both the mother and the embryo affect its development.
For example, such an approach might eventually form the basis for treating the most common cause of infertility — the failure of the embryo to successfully implant — or for affecting the cellular changes that lead to the development of cancer.
«Ultimately, our next step will be looking at how interaction between the mother and the embryos can be affected, so if the mother is stressed during pregnancy — such as being exposed to a toxin or being deprived of resources such as food and water — we want to see how that can affect development of the embryos,» says Jennings.
This has profound implications for our understanding of life's origins, for our understanding of why so many embryos spontaneously abort in the first few days after fertilization, and for our understanding of why some IVF procedures may subtly affect early development, with potential long - term health consequences.
«Pre-pregnancy body weight affects early development of human embryos.»
Our gene expression and embryo development data suggest that FSH and LH may not affect oocyte nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation directly.
Culture of preimplantation mouse embryos affects fetal development and the expression of imprinted genes
Oxygen concentration during mouse oocyte in vitro maturation affects embryo and fetal development.
Age - related DNA damage in sperm may affect fertilization, implantation or embryo development, she suggested.
Prolonged oral treatment with an essential amino acid L - leucine does not affect female reproductive function and embryo - fetal development in rats.