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In vitro analyses reveal how vertical DNA transmission from the mother to the pre-implantation embryo via endometrial extracellular vesicles can impact embryo bioenergetics.

CFAP52 is a candidate for genetic diagnosing male infertility with defects of sperm head-tail connection and flagella development.

Experiments exploring the role of juvenile hormone during the life cycle of firebrat insects provide clues about the evolution of metamorphosis.

The psychoactive component of cannabis, ∆9-THC, affects cell growth and metabolism in early embryonic cell types in mice.

Mesoderm-derived enteric neurons born in the post-natal vertebrates drive maturation and aging of the enteric nervous system.

Dorsoventral gradients of transcription factors NFIA, B, and X impose epigenetic and transcriptional spatial restrictions to olfactory receptor expression.

The maintenance of proper mitochondrial-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes is crucial for preventing skeletal muscle atrophy to interact with the Notch signaling pathway.

Throughout oocyte maturation, there is a simultaneous elevation in the concentrations of Ca²⁺ and Zn²⁺, and the fertilization-induced Ca²⁺ oscillations cease under Zn²⁺-deficient conditions, implying an interplay between these ions, potentially at the IP₃R1 level that harbors a Zn²⁺-binding domain.

Phosphorylation of the pseudokinase Ulk4 by Stk36 promotes primary ciliary tip localization of both proteins to facilitate the phosphorylation and activation of Gli in response to Sonic hedgehog.

Although complete mouse in vitro spermatogenesis can be achieved, failure of adult Leydig cell development, with accumulation of progesterone and estradiol, androstenedione deficiency, deregulation of steroidogenic, and steroid target gene expression, were highlighted in organotypic cultures, even with hCG.