Significantly higher success rates with artificial insemination
...r orange colour.' Under natural conditions insemination takes place in the oviduct. After that the ovum begins to divide, while contractions of the oviduct transport it to the uterus. This process takes just under 2-3 days. When the embryo lodges in the endometrium on the sixth day after insemination, the...Female Ducks Develop Complicated Genitals to Outwit Aggressive Males
... spiral, but it twists in the opposite, counterclockwise, direction," said Yale ornithologist Richard Prum in a statement. "So, the twists in the oviduct appear designed to exclude the opposing twists of the male phallus. It's an exquisite anti-lock-and-key system." Brennan believes females evolved...Female Ducks Develop Complicated Genitals to Outwit Aggressive Males
...a spiral, but it twists in the opposite, counterclockwise, direction," said Yale ornithologist Richard Prum in a statement. "So, the twists in the oviduct appear designed to exclude the opposing twists of the male phallus. It's an exquisite anti-lock-and-key system." Brennan believes females evolved ...New evidence for female control in reproduction
...t leads to alteration of protein production in the oviduct and a change in the oviductal environment. We speculate that this is mainly done to prepare oviduct environment for storing sperm, fertilization and e...s for this effect. While sperm interaction with oviduct cells has been studied in laboratory cultures, the...Study by Pittsburgh researchers identifies possible vaccine target for chlamydia
...oratory and first author of the study. Not only did the mice not develop oviduct scarring after infection with the plasmid-deficient strain, we also found that the mice previously infected with these strains were protected against oviduct disease when later infected with fully virulent C. muridarum, Dr. OConnell ...First production of human monoclonal antibodies in chicken eggs published in Nature Biotechnology
...ific report of fully functional, human sequence monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) produced in chickens. The antibodies were expressed solely in the chicken oviduct and deposited into egg white in concentrations of 1-3 milligrams per egg. Moreover, antibodies produced in this manner demonstrated 10-100 fold greate...