Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture

Pregnancy establishment in cattle without embryonic interferon tau

In ruminants, embryonic interferon tau (IFNT) is widely considered the indispensable signal for maternal recognition of pregnancy, driving endometrial gene expression to prevent luteolysis. However, this canonical paradigm has never been directly tested using genomic loss-of-func...

Sodium hexametaphosphate and ultrasonication − Comparing chemical and physical dispersion methods for soil organic matter fractionation

Soil organic matter (SOM) fractionation into particulate organic matter (POM) and mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) is widely applied to investigate soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization and turnover, yet the choice of dispersion method strongly influences fractionation...

Standardized lake fish community assessment using modified multi-mesh gillnets to minimize fish mortality

Systems for assessing the ecological status of lakes with respect to fish population are normally based on catches using conventional European Committee for Standardization (CEN) gill nets. A modified gillnet (MOD) design with less small-mesh and more large-mesh panel area , deve...