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About the Authors:
Angela Cánovas
Affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Antonio Reverter
Affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Food Futures Flagship and Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Kasey L. DeAtley
Current address: California State University Chico, College of Agriculture, Chico, California, United States of America
Affiliation: Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America
Ryan L. Ashley
Affiliation: Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America
Michelle L. Colgrave
Affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Food Futures Flagship and Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Marina R. S. Fortes
Affiliation: Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Centre for Animal Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
Alma Islas-Trejo
Affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Sigrid Lehnert
Affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Food Futures Flagship and Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Laercio Porto-Neto
Affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Food Futures Flagship and Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Gonzalo Rincón
Current address: Zoetis, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
Affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Gail A. Silver
Affiliation: Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America
Warren M. Snelling
Affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
Juan F. Medrano
Affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Milton G. Thomas
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Introduction
Puberty is the process by which animals mature into an adult capable of sexual reproduction [1]. In heifers, puberty is characterized by the dynamic and biphasic response of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland to gonadal steroids and the subsequent increase...