Melatonin improves rate of monospermic fertilization and early embryo development in a bovine IVF system

• Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Añez ,

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

  * E-mail: jcgutv@hotmail.com, juan.gutierrez@fli.de (JCGA); niemann.heiner@mh-hannover.de (HN)

  Affiliations Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI), Mariensee, Germany, Medical-Surgical Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3827-1186

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• Heiko Henning,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI), Mariensee, Germany

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• Andrea Lucas-Hahn,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI), Mariensee, Germany

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• Ulrich Baulain,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI), Mariensee, Germany

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• Patrick Aldag,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI), Mariensee, Germany

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• Birgit Sieg,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI), Mariensee, Germany

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• Vivian Hensel,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI), Mariensee, Germany

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• Doris Herrmann,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI), Mariensee, Germany

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• Heiner Niemann

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jcgutv@hotmail.com, juan.gutierrez@fli.de (JCGA); niemann.heiner@mh-hannover.de (HN)

  Affiliation Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

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