Identification and Preliminary Analysis of Granulosa Cell Biomarkers to Predict Oocyte In Vitro Maturation Outcome in the Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Elena Ruggeri, Kristin Klohonatz, Barbara Durrant, Marc-André Sirard, Dawn Bresnahan · 2024
Read Identification and Preliminary Analysis of Granulosa Cell Biomarkers to Predict Oocyte In Vitro Maturation Outcome in the Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) by Elena Ruggeri, Kristin Klohonatz, Barbara Durrant, Marc-André Sirard, Dawn Bresnahan (2024) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-11640850.txt.
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Elena Ruggeri and co-authors seek gene markers that forecast egg quality in southern white rhinos in a 2024 paper. Breeding this species in labs could aid conservation, but egg maturation rates vary. Cells that cradle the egg, called granulosa cells, carry hints about its fate. The team reads twenty-two genes in cells from eggs that did or did not mature in vitro.
Nine genes split the two groups clearly, they find. The markers span follicle growth, meiotic readiness, cell death, and early embryo gene switch-on. Granulosa cell profiles can thus predict maturation before it happens. The results should sharpen lab breeding steps for this rhino.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Elena Ruggeri, Kristin Klohonatz, Barbara Durrant, Marc-André Sirard, Dawn Bresnahan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |