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Figure 5. (A) The DBE of boars selected as seminal plasma donors on fertility experiment. The average DBE of all boars included in artificial insemination programs is represented by zero on the y-axis. The dots represent boars chosen for exhibiting the greatest differences in DBE for farrowing rate (right) and litter size (left); (B) OXT concentration (pg/mL of SP) in seminal extracellular vesicles of boars with high and low farrowing rates (right) and in seminal extracellular vesicles of boars with large and small litter sizes (left). ^****P < 0.0001; ^**P < 0.01. DBE: Direct boar effect; OXT: oxytocin; SP: seminal plasma.