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• Intracellular cholesterol transport during ovarian cell differentiation.
• Luteinization and luteal function, with emphasis on steroidogenesis regulation.
• Embryo-uterine interactions in species with delayed implantation.
• Nutrition-reproduction interactions.

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• Improvement of in vitro fertilization technique.

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• Role played by estradiol and transforming growth factor b (TGFb) signaling systems in selection and development of the ovulating bovine follicle .
• Study of LH pulsatile secretion in follicular maturation during a superovulation hormonal treatment.
• Evaluation of tests for early detection of pregnancy and integration of those tests to reproduction strategies.
• Effect of nutrition on ovarian activity development during post-partum in the cow.

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• Luteolysis control and embryo-uterine interactions responsible for maintaining pregnancy.
• Study of mechanisms involved in oocyte maturation.

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• Investigating the expression of ovarian genes involved in the control of bovine oocyte maturation and follicular development.

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• Role of inhibin dimer in the ovary of ruminant species.

• Regulation of gonadal steroidogenesis.

• Ovulation rate improvement in superovulated cows.

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• Using transgenic mice and pigs to study mammalian sex determination.

• Paracrine factors in reproduction.

• Folliculogenesis.

• Gene expression in gonads.

• Transgenic mice and transgenic expression related technologies.

• Genomic studies (identification and manipulation of specific gene sequences from the mammalian genome).

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• Molecular regulation of prostaglandin synthesis during ovulation.

• Development and differenciation of the equine preovulatory follicle.

• Control of prostaglandins synthesis in various canine cancers.

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• Nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions in bovine embryos.

• Mitochondrial DNA replication, segregation and transmission patterns in mammals.

• Development of new techniques of assisted reproduction.

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• Post-partum reproductive function in the cow

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