Impact of β-defensin 103 (DEFB103) copy number variation on bull sperm parameters and post-insemination uterine gene expression

• Ozge Sidekli,

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

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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• Edward J. Hollox,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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• Sean Fair,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Department of Biological Sciences, Bernal Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Kieran G. Meade

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kieran.meade@ucd.ie

  Affiliations School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-8586

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