Transcriptome analysis reveals that fertilization with cryopreserved sperm downregulates genes relevant for early embryo development in the horse

• José M. Ortiz-Rodriguez,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• Cristina Ortega-Ferrusola,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• María C. Gil,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• Francisco E. Martín-Cano,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• Gemma Gaitskell-Phillips,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• Heriberto Rodríguez-Martínez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Katrin Hinrichs,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

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• Alberto Álvarez-Barrientos,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation STAB, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain

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• Ángel Román,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain

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• Fernando J. Peña

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fjuanpvega@unex.es

  Affiliation Laboratory of Equine Reproduction and Equine Spermatology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1311-2947

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