Hyaluronic acid and epidermal growth factor improved the bovine embryo quality by regulating the DNA methylation and expression patterns of the focal adhesion pathway

• Mohammed Saeed-Zidane,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Animal and Poultry Physiology Department, Animal and Poultry Production Division, Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo, Egypt

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• Dawit Tesfaye,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Teaching and Research Station Frankenforst, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Königswinter, Germany, Center of Integrated Dairy Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Yousri Mohammed Shaker,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal and Poultry Physiology Department, Animal and Poultry Production Division, Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo, Egypt

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• Ernst Tholen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Christiane Neuhoff,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Franca Rings,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Teaching and Research Station Frankenforst, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Königswinter, Germany

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• Eva Held,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Teaching and Research Station Frankenforst, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Königswinter, Germany

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• Michael Hoelker,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Teaching and Research Station Frankenforst, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Königswinter, Germany, Center of Integrated Dairy Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Karl Schellander,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Teaching and Research Station Frankenforst, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Königswinter, Germany, Center of Integrated Dairy Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Dessie Salilew-Wondim

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dsal@itw.uni-bonn.de

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-0865

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