List of works by Ken McNatty

125I-labelled hCG binding characteristics in theca interna and other tissues from Romney ewes and from Booroola x Romney ewes with and without a major gene influencing their ovulation rate

scientific article published on 01 July 1986

A mathematical model of pregnancy recognition in mammals.

scientific article published on 8 June 2010

A possible interrelationship between gonadotrophin stimulation and prostaglandin F2alpha inhibition of steroidogenesis by granulosa-luteal cells in vitro

scientific article published on April 1, 1977

Aberrant GDF9 expression and activation are associated with common human ovarian disorders.

scientific article

Accumulation of luteinizing hormone, oestradiol and androstenedione by sheep ovarian follicles in vivo

scientific article published on 01 October 1981

Active immunization against the proregions of GDF9 or BMP15 alters ovulation rate and litter size in mice

scientific article published on 21 November 2011

Activin A and follistatin during the oestrous cycle and early pregnancy in ewes.

scientific article published on 5 January 2016

Adenosine 3',5-cyclic monophosphate phosphodiesterase activity in granulosa cells from Booroola x Romney ewes with and without the F gene

scientific article published on 01 February 1989

Adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate and steroid production by small ovarian follicles from Booroola ewes with and without a fecundity gene.

scientific article

An earlier rise in systemic progesterone and increased progesterone in the uterine vein during early pregnancy are associated with enhanced embryonic survival in the ewe.

scientific article published on 9 May 2013

Apoptosis in bovine granulosa cells in relation to steroid synthesis, cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate response to follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, and follicular atresia

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

Binding characteristics of 125I-labelled human FSH to granulosa cells from Booroola ewes which were homozygous, heterozygous or non-carriers of a major gene(s) influencing their ovulation rate

scientific article published on 01 May 1989

Bioactive and immunoreactive FSH and immunoreactive inhibin concentrations in the ovine fetus

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Bioactive follicle-stimulating hormone concentrations in plasma during the estrous cycle of the ewe

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Biopotency in vitro and metabolic clearance rates of five pituitary preparations of follicle stimulating hormone

scientific article published in January 1993

Bmp15 mutations and ovarian function.

scientific article

Bone morphogenetic protein 15 and growth differentiation factor 9 co-operate to regulate granulosa cell function in ruminants

scientific article published in April 2005

Bone morphogenetic protein 15 and growth differentiation factor 9 co-operate to regulate granulosa cell function.

scientific article published in April 2005

Booroola BMPR1B mutation alters early follicular development and oocyte ultrastructure in sheep

scientific article published in January 2012

Changes in gonadotrophin secretion and ovarian antral follicular activity in seasonally breeding sheep throughout the year

scientific article published on 01 January 1984

Concentrations of immunoreactive inhibin in ovarian and peripheral venous plasma and follicular fluid of Booroola ewes that are homozygous carriers or non-carriers of the FecB gene

scientific article published on 01 July 1992

Consequences of increasing or decreasing plasma FSH concentrations during the preovulatory period in Romney ewes

scientific article published on 01 September 1988

Control of early ovarian follicular development

scientific article

Control of ovarian follicular development to the gonadotrophin-dependent phase: a 2006 perspective.

scientific article published on January 2007

Development of the ovary and ontongeny of mRNA and protein for P450 aromatase (arom) and estrogen receptors (ER) alpha and beta during early fetal life in cattle.

scientific article

Development of the sheep ovary during fetal and early neonatal life and the effect of fecundity genes.

scientific article published on January 1995

Differences in gonadotrophin concentrations and pituitary responsiveness to GnRH between Booroola ewes which were homozygous (FF), heterozygous (F+) and non-carriers (++) of a major gene influencing their ovulation rate

scientific article published on 01 July 1987

Differences in gonadotrophin-stimulated cyclic AMP production by granulosa cells from booroola x merino ewes which were homozygous, heterozygous or non-carriers of a fecundity gene influencing their ovulation rate

scientific article published on 01 November 1987

Differences in ovarian activity between booroola X merino ewes which were homozygous, heterozygous and non-carriers of a major gene influencing their ovulation rate

scientific article published on 01 May 1986

Differences in the plasma concentrations of FSH and LH in ovariectomized Booroola FF and ++ ewes

scientific article published on 01 March 1989

Differential localization of inhibin subunit proteins in the ovine testis during fetal gonadal development

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Effect of castration on plasma concentrations of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone in adult Merino rams which were homozygous carriers or non-carriers of the Booroola fecundity gene

scientific article published on September 1991

Effect of chronic FSH administration on ovarian follicular development, ovulation rate and corpora lutea formation in sheep

scientific article published on 01 August 1993

Effect of exogenous FSH on ovulation rate in homozygous carriers or noncarriers of the Booroola FecB gene after hypothalamic-pituitary disconnection or after treatment with a GnRH agonist

scientific article

Effect of follicular atresia on inhibin production by bovine granulosa cells in vitro and inhibin concentrations in the follicular fluid

scientific article published on 01 September 1984

Effect of long-term hypophysectomy on ovarian follicle populations and gonadotrophin-induced adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate output by follicles from Booroola ewes with or without the F gene

scientific article

Effect of testosterone and bovine follicular fluid on concentrations of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone in plasma of castrated rams that are homozygous carriers or non-carriers of the Booroola fecundity gene

scientific article

Effects of active immunization against growth differentiation factor 9 and/or bone morphogenetic protein 15 on ovarian function in cattle.

scientific article published on 13 May 2009

Effects of follicle stimulating hormone, cholera toxin, pertussis toxin and forskolin on adenosine cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate output by granulosa cells from Booroola ewes with or without the F gene

scientific article published on 01 July 1990

Effects of immunization against androstenedione or bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) on reproductive performance in sheep

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

Effects of immunization against bone morphogenetic protein 15 and growth differentiation factor 9 on ovulation rate, fertilization, and pregnancy in ewes

scientific article (publication date: March 2004)

Effects of immunizing ewes against bone morphogenetic protein 15 on their responses to exogenous gonadotrophins to induce multiple ovulations

scientific article

Effects of long-term treatment with LH on induction of cyclic ovarian activity in seasonally anoestrous ewes

scientific article published on 01 January 1984

Effects of oestradiol-17 beta, progesterone or bovine follicular fluid on the plasma concentrations of FSH and LH in ovariectomized Booroola ewes which were homozygous carriers or non-carriers of a fecundity gene

scientific article published in November 1989

Effects of ovariectomy and FecBB genotype on the median charge and circulating half-life of pituitary FSH isoforms of ewes ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Effects of ovariectomy and genotype on bioactive FSH in plasma and pituitary of Booroola ewes

scientific article published in July 1993

Effects of prostaglandin F2alpha and E2 on the production of progesterone by human granulosa cells in tissue culture

scientific article published on 01 November 1975

Effects of species differences on oocyte regulation of granulosa cell function

scholarly article by Jia Yi Lin et al published January 2013 in Reproduction

Effects of species differences on oocyte regulation of granulosa cell function

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

Effects of the Booroola gene (FecB(B)) on bodymass, testis development and hormone concentrations during fetal life

scientific article

Effects of the Booroola gene (FecB) on body weight, ovarian development and hormone concentrations during fetal life

scientific article published in May 1993

Evidence that changes in luteinizing hormone secretion regulate the growth of the preovulatory follicle in the ewe

scientific article published on 01 September 1981

Expression and secretion of a biologically active glycoprotein hormone, ovine follicle stimulating hormone, by Pichia pastoris

scientific article

Expression of anti-Müllerian hormone mRNA during gonadal and follicular development in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

scientific article published in January 2002

Expression of gonadotrophin subunit genes in sheep that were homozygous carriers and non-carriers of the Booroola fecundity gene FecB

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

Expression of growth and differentiation factor-9 in the ovaries of fetal sheep homozygous or heterozygous for the inverdale prolificacy gene (FecX(I)).

scientific article published in June 2000

Expression of mRNA encoding growth differentiation factor 9 and bone morphogenetic protein 15 during follicular formation and growth in a marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

scientific article published in June 2002

Expression of the FcRn receptor (alpha and beta) gene homologues in the intestine of suckling brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) pouch young.

scientific article published in January 2003

Expression of the genes for alpha inhibin, beta A inhibin and follistatin in the ovaries of Booroola ewes which were homozygotes or non-carriers of the fecundity gene FecB

scientific article published on 01 June 1992

Expression of the ovine stem cell factor gene during folliculogenesis in late fetal and adult ovaries

scientific article published in April 1997

Expression of wilms' tumor gene and protein localization during ovarian formation and follicular development in sheep.

scientific article published in February 2003

FSH influences follicle viability, oestradiol biosynthesis and ovulation rate in Romney ewes

scientific article published on 01 September 1985

FSH receptor gene expression during ovarian follicle development in sheep.

scientific article published in December 1995

Follicle development, endocrine profiles and ovulation rate in adult Merino ewes: effects of early nutrition (pre- and post-natal) and supplementation with lupin grain.

scientific article

Follistatin but not alpha or beta A inhibin subunit mRNA is expressed in ovine fetal ovaries in late gestation

scientific article published on 01 August 1994

Formation of ovarian follicles during fetal development in sheep

scientific article (publication date: April 2002)

Gene expression in abnormal ovarian structures of ewes homozygous for the inverdale prolificacy gene

scientific article published in June 2000

Gene expression of the tyrosine kinase receptor c-kit during ovarian development in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

scientific article published in February 2002

Genes controlling ovulation rate in sheep

scientific article (publication date: June 2001)

Genetic mutations influencing ovulation rate in sheep

scientific article

GnRH-induced gonadotrophin secretion in ovariectomized Booroola ewes with hypothalamic-pituitary disconnection

scientific article published in March 1991

Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and the control of ovulation rate by the FecB gene in Booroola ewes

scientific article

Gonadotrophin-responsiveness of granulosa cells from bone morphogenetic protein 15 heterozygous mutant sheep.

scientific article

Gonadotrophin-stimulated cyclic AMP production by granulosa cells from Booroola x Romney ewes with and without a fecundity gene

scientific article published on 01 September 1985

Granulosa cell apoptosis, aromatase activity, cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate response to gonadotropins, and follicular fluid steroid levels during spontaneous and induced follicular atresia in ewes

scientific article published on April 1997

Growth and paracrine factors regulating follicular formation and cellular function

scientific article

Growth differentiation factor 9 and bone morphogenetic protein 15 are essential for ovarian follicular development in sheep

scientific article published in December 2002

Growth differentiation factor 9:bone morphogenetic protein 15 (GDF9:BMP15) synergism and protein heterodimerization.

scientific article published on 6 May 2013

Highly prolific Booroola sheep have a mutation in the intracellular kinase domain of bone morphogenetic protein IB receptor (ALK-6) that is expressed in both oocytes and granulosa cells.

scientific article published in April 2001

Immunoassay of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone in brain tissue of Booroola Merino ewes

scientific article

Induction of cyclic ovarian activity in seasonally anoestrous ewes with exogenous GnRH

scientific article published on 01 January 1982

Infertility due to bilateral ovarian hypoplasia in sheep homozygous (FecXI FecXI) for the Inverdale prolificacy gene located on the X chromosome

scientific article published on 01 April 1992

Influence of follicular atresia on LH-induced cAMP and steroid synthesis by bovine thecae interna

scientific article published in March 1985

Influence of follicular health on the steroidogenic and morphological characteristics of bovine granulosa cells in vitro

scientific article

Inhibin production in vitro by granulosa cells from Booroola ewes which were either homozygous or non-carriers of a fecundity gene influencing their ovulation rate

scientific article published on 01 May 1991

Isoforms and half-life of FSH from sheep with different reproductive states

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Isolation, characterization and radioimmunoassay of luteinizing hormone in the brushtail possum

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Localization of mRNA encoding c-kit during the initiation of folliculogenesis in ovine fetal ovaries

scientific article published in March 1996

Localization of ovine follistatin and alpha and beta A inhibin mRNA in the sheep ovary during the oestrous cycle

scientific article published on 01 April 1994

Long-term alteration of follicular steroid concentrations in relation to subclinical endometritis in postpartum dairy cows

scientific article published on 10 June 2011

Meat and Livestock Association Plenary Lecture 2005. Oocyte signalling molecules and their effects on reproduction in ruminants.

scientific article published in January 2006

Median charge of gonadotrophin isoforms in the pituitary gland and in the circulation of sheep fetuses from mid- to late gestation

scientific article published in April 1996

Modelling female reproductive function in farmed animals

scientific article published on 22 August 2010

Molecular forms of ruminant BMP15 and GDF9 and putative interactions with receptors

scientific article

Morphological evidence of apoptosis and the prevalence of apoptotic versus mitotic cells in the membrana granulosa of ovarian follicles during spontaneous and induced atresia in ewes

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

Mutations in an oocyte-derived growth factor gene (BMP15) cause increased ovulation rate and infertility in a dosage-sensitive manner

scientific article (publication date: July 2000)

Numbers of steroidogenic luteal cells in Booroola Merino ewes

scientific article published on 01 September 1990

Oestrogen receptor alpha and beta, androgen receptor and progesterone receptor mRNA and protein localisation within the developing ovary and in small growing follicles of sheep.

scientific article published in January 2006

Onset of steroidogenic enzyme gene expression during ovarian follicular development in sheep

scientific article

Ontogeny of ovarian follicle development in Booroola sheep fetuses that are homozygous carriers or non-carriers of the FecB gene

scientific article published in March 1994

Ontogeny of steroidogenesis in the fetal sheep gonad

scientific article published in July 2001

Oocyte expression, secretion and somatic cell interaction of mouse bone morphogenetic protein 15 during the peri-ovulatory period

scientific article published on 19 February 2014

Oocyte production and ovarian steroid concentrations of immature rats in response to some commercial gonadotrophin preparations

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Oocyte-derived growth factors and ovulation rate in sheep

scientific article published on January 2003

Oocyte-expressed genes affecting ovulation rate

scientific article

Oocytes in sheep homozygous for a mutation in bone morphogenetic protein receptor 1B express lower mRNA levels of bone morphogenetic protein 15 but not growth differentiation factor 9.

scientific article published on 7 April 2011

Origins of follicular cells and ontogeny of steroidogenesis in ovine fetal ovaries.

scientific article

Ovarian activity in Booroola X Romney ewes which have a major gene influencing their ovulation rate

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

Ovarian characteristics in sheep with multiple fecundity genes.

scientific article published on 25 November 2016

Ovarian follicular activity in Booroola lambs with and without a fecundity gene

scientific article published on January 1987

Ovarian morphology and endocrine characteristics of female sheep fetuses that are heterozygous or homozygous for the inverdale prolificacy gene (fecX1).

scientific article published in November 1997

Ovaries of ewes homozygous for the X-linked Inverdale gene (FecXI) are devoid of secondary and tertiary follicles but contain many abnormal structures

scientific article published in November 1993

Patterns of expression of messenger RNAs encoding GDF9, BMP15, TGFBR1, BMPR1B, and BMPR2 during follicular development and characterization of ovarian follicular populations in ewes carrying the Woodlands FecX2W mutation

scientific article published on 22 August 2007

Peripheral and ovarian IGF-I concentrations during the ovine oestrous cycle

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Physiological effects of major genes affecting ovulation rate in sheep

scientific article published on January 2005

Physiology of GDF9 and BMP15 signalling molecules

scientific article

Pituitary Binding Sites for Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone in Booroola Merino Ewes which were Non-Carriers or Homozygotes of the Fecundity Gene F

scientific article published on 01 October 1990

Pituitary and plasma levels of growth hormone in Booroola sheep that are either homozygous carriers or non-carriers of the FecBB fecundity gene

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Plasma FSH, LH and immunoreactive inhibin concentrations in FecBB/FecBB and FecB+/FecB+ Booroola ewes and rams from birth to 12 months of age.

scientific article published in January 1995

Plasma LH, FSH and testosterone concentrations in adult rams which were homozygous carriers or non-carriers of the Booroola fecundity gene

scientific article

Plasma concentrations of FSH, LH and progesterone in sheep immunized against an androstenedione-protein conjugate

scientific article published on January 1988

Plasma concentrations of FSH, LH, thyroid-stimulating hormone and growth hormone after exogenous stimulation with GnRH, TRH and GHRH in Booroola ewes that are homozygous carriers or non-carriers of the FecB gene

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

Plasma concentrations of LH, prolactin, oestradiol and progesterone in female red deer (Cervus elaphus) during pregnancy

scientific article published on 01 March 1982

Plasma gonadotropin concentrations and ovarian characteristics in Inverdale ewes that are heterozygous for a major gene (FecX1) on the X chromosome that influences ovulation rate

scientific article published on 01 May 1993

Populations of granulosa cells in small follicles of the sheep ovary

scientific article published in March 1999

Postnatal uterine development in Inverdale ewe lambs

scientific article

Preovulatory follicular development in sheep treated with PMSG and/or prostaglandin

scientific article published on 01 May 1982

Production of a biologically active recombinant marsupial growth factor using the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

scientific article published on January 2002

Production of biologically active tethered ovine FSHbetaalpha by the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Relationship between the number of immunostaining gonadotropes and the plasma concentrations of gonadotrophins in ewes with and without the FecBB gene

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Seasonal differences in ovarian activity in cows

scientific article published on 01 August 1984

Signalling pathways involved in the cooperative effects of ovine and murine GDF9+BMP15-stimulated thymidine uptake by rat granulosa cells

scientific article published on 7 April 2011

Signalling pathways involved in the synergistic effects of human growth differentiation factor 9 and bone morphogenetic protein 15.

scientific article

Some aspects of thecal and granulosa cell function during follicular development in the bovine ovary

scientific article published on 01 September 1984

Stem cell factor and c-kit gene expression and protein localization in the sheep ovary during fetal development

scientific article published in July 1999

Steroid contents of and steroidogenesis in vitro by the developing gonad and mesonephros around sexual differentiation in fetal sheep

scientific article published in September 1998

Steroidogenesis by bovine theca interna in an in vitro perifusion system.

scientific article

Studies of the effectiveness of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone, steroids and follicular fluid in modulating ovine gonadotrophin output in vivo and in vitro

scientific article published in May 1989

Superovulation and embryo recovery in goats treated with Ovagen and Folltropin

scientific article published on 01 March 1989

The Australian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) gonadotrophin alpha-subunit: analysis of cDNA sequence and pattern of expression

scientific article

The activin receptor-like kinase 6 Booroola mutation enhances suppressive effects of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2), BMP4, BMP6 and growth and differentiation factor-9 on FSH release from ovine primary pituitary cell cultures

scientific article published in February 2008

The conflict between hierarchical ovarian follicular development and superovulation treatment.

scientific article published on 25 May 2010

The cooperative effect of growth and differentiation factor-9 and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-15 on granulosa cell function is modulated primarily through BMP receptor II

scientific article

The corpus luteum and interstitial tissue in a marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

scientific article

The effects of immunizing sheep with different BMP15 or GDF9 peptide sequences on ovarian follicular activity and ovulation rate

scientific article

The fate of granulosa cells following premature oocyte loss and the development of ovarian cancers

scientific article published on January 2012

The follicle-stimulating hormone beta-subunit gene of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): analysis of cDNA sequence and expression

scientific article published in January 1997

The follicular microenvironment in low (++) and high (I+B+) ovulation rate ewes

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

The microenvironment of the ovarian follicle in the postpartum dairy cow: effects on reagent transfer from cumulus cells to oocytes in vitro

scientific article published on 27 May 2014

The oocyte and its role in regulating ovulation rate: a new paradigm in reproductive biology.

scientific article published in October 2004

The proregion of mouse BMP15 regulates the cooperative interactions of BMP15 and GDF9.

scientific article

The ratio of growth differentiation factor 9: bone morphogenetic protein 15 mRNA expression is tightly co-regulated and differs between species over a wide range of ovulation rates

scientific article published on 25 September 2011

The role of bone morphogenetic proteins 2, 4, 6 and 7 during ovarian follicular development in sheep: contrast to rat.

scientific article published in March 2006

The role of proteins of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily in the intraovarian regulation of follicular development.

scientific article

The role of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) during ovarian follicular development in sheep

scientific article

Treatment of seasonally anestrous Romney ewes with continuous infusion of low doses of GnRH: effects on estrus, ovulation and plasma progesterone concentration.

scientific article

Unique oestrogen receptor ligand-binding domain sequence of native parrots: a possible link between phytoestrogens and breeding success

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Use of bovine follicular fluid to increase ovulation rate or prevent ovulation in sheep

scientific article published on 01 March 1986

Using sheep lines with mutations in single genes to better understand ovarian function.

scientific article published on October 2013

Variation in antral follicle development during the follicular phase of the oestrous cycle in red deer (Cervus elaphus) hinds

scientific article

Workshop on Regulation of Ovarian Function

article published in 2002

[125I]hCG binding to bovine thecal tissue from healthy and atretic antral follicles.

scientific article published in February 1984

cDNA sequence analysis, gene expression and protein localisation of the inhibin alpha-subunit of Australian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

scientific article published on October 1998

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