Sustainably Improving Fertility for Animal Production

There is an urgent need to increase the efficiency and sustainability of animal food production in the face of an ever-increasing world population (United Nations, 2017). With limitations on natural sources in the world, the need for increasing efficiency, productivity, and sustainability of the food production methods becomes highly important to meet ever-increasing food demand. The applications of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) in livestock provide an increase in genetic gain and an improvement in overall herd reproductive capacity, which is critical for sustainable livestock production systems. Increasing sustainability of the reproductive biotechnology in livestock can empower food production systems. The overall goal of this research topic is to create a scientific collection associated with sustainability of reproductive biotechnology in livestock.

Manuscript submissions that will be considered include original research in both basic and applied sciences using different approaches (such as cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, epigenetics, and bioinformatics), reviews and meta-analysis.

This collection cover studies aimed to enhance efficiency and sustainability of reproductive technologies including:
- In vitro embryo production
- Superovulation and embryo transfer
- Sex Determination of sperm or embryos
- Cloning
- Cryopreservation of embryos and oocyte
- Semen cryopreservation and extender development
- Biomarkers of fertility and sperm cryo-survivability
- Biomarkers of embryo implantation

Keywords: Animal reproduction, Animal biotechnology, Fertility, Embryo development, Cryopreservation, Reproductive biotechnology, Fertility preservation

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.