Each calf, like each human, begins as an embryo. But important questions remain about the complex factors that shape bovine fertility and development during the earliest stages of life. Bit by bit, Jennifer Wood and her Husker colleagues in the department of animal science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are unraveling those mysteries.
Cattle fertility better understood
From left, research technician Petra Rose pipettes buffers, antibody and protein samples into a western blot plate to be processed, while Rebekah Lanning, a graduate rotation student in the Complex Biosystems program, learns the protocol steps from Jennifer Wood.
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