Maternal origin and genetic diversity of Algerian domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) from North-Western Africa based on mitochondrial DNA analysis.

abstract：:The increasing interest in the discovery and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) emphasis the need for high-throughput and cost effective scoring methods. Pyrosequencing is a novel method for screening SNPs. In this study we examine breed specific SNPs in the pig melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Gustafsson AC,Kijas JM,Alderborn A,Uhlén M,Andersson L,Lundeberg J

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GPR120 gene (also known as FFAR4 or O3FAR1) encodes for a functional omega-3 fatty acid receptor/sensor that mediates potent insulin sensitizing effects by repressing macrophage-induced tissue inflammation. For its functional role, GPR120 could be considered a potential target gene in animal nutrigenetics. In this...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Fontanesi L,Bertolini F,Scotti E,Schiavo G,Colombo M,Trevisi P,Ribani A,Buttazzoni L,Russo V,Dall'Olio S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knockdown of myostatin gene (MSTN), transforming growth factor-β superfamily, and a negative regulator of the skeletal muscle growth, by RNA interference (RNAi), has been reported to increase muscle mass in mammals. The current study was aimed to cotransfect two anti-MSTN short hairpin RNA (shRNA) constructs in caprin...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Hati Boruah JL,Ranjan R,Gogoi H,Pandey SK,Kumar D,Phukan AJ,Bori J,Sarkhel BC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine any potential association of the BF, RBP4, and ESR2 genes with reproduction traits in an autochthonous Greek pig population. The PCR-RFLP methodology was implemented for genotyping purposes of the examined genes. No deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was observe...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Laliotis GP,Marantidis A,Avdi M

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Since World War II the use of antimicrobial products associated with food animal production has increased. Antimicrobials along with evolving production practices have significantly increased throughput, animal welfare, and improved health. Concerns surrounding the growing significance of emerging and in some cases ra...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Baker R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) 12 is a member of the ADAM family possessing a putative role in a variety of biological processes such as modulation of proteolytic processing, cell adhesion, cell fusion, and signaling. Recently, it has been suggested that ADAM12 is involved in regulation of adipogenesis as we...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Taniguchi Y,Doronbekov K,Yamada T,Sasaki Y,Takano A,Sugimoto Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study elucidated the molecular markers that decrease oocyte quality during in vitro culture, restricting optimal developmental potential. Here, we evaluated the transcriptomic differences between cysteamine-treated and non-treated bovine cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) after 22 h of co-culture in the maturation m...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Chowdhury MMR,Park J,Afrin F,Ko YG,Kim CL,Lee SS,Kim SW

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, gene identification in elephants has essentially related to evolutionary studies. Further identification of genes in elephants could provide additional information for evolutionary studies and for evaluating genetic diversity in existing elephant populations. The objective of this project was to identify sequ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Burk NE,Messer LA,Ernst CW,Rothschild MF

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the effect of somatostatin on oocytes maturation and subsequent embryo development in cattle. Bovine granulosa cells separated from oocytes, cultured for 24 h and transfected with pEGFP-N1 vector with mouse SST gene (Experimental) and with out plasmid transfection (Control). RT-P...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Moaeen-ud-Din M,Malik N,Yang LG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, expression level of various ATP-binding cassette (ABC) viz., ABCA1, ABCA7, ABCG1, ABCG2, and ABCG5; associated transcription factors viz., SREBF1, LXRα (NR1H3), PPARA, and Solute Carriers (SLC); or Glucose transporters (GLUT) viz., SLC2A1(GLUT1), SLC2A4 (GLUT4), SLC2A8 (GLUT8), and SLC2A12 (GLUT1...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Sharma A,Aggarwal J,Sodhi M,Kishore A,Mishra BP,Mohanty AK,Kataria RS,Kaushik JK,Mukesh M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing of pre-mRNA can contribute to differences between tissues or cells either by regulating gene expression or creating proteins with various functions encoded by one gene. The number of investigated alternative splice events in pig has so far been limited. In this study we have investigated alternati...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Nygard AB,Jørgensen CB,Cirera S,Fredholm M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past decade has witnessed the construction of linkage and physical maps defining quantitative trait loci (QTL) in various domesticated species. Targeted chromosomal regions are being further characterized through the construction of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) contigs in order to isolate and characterize...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Rogatcheva MB,Rund LA,Beever JE,Schook LB

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a hormone synthesized and secreted primarily in adipose cells that help to regulate energy balance. This study examined the associations of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the rabbit leptin gene with growth traits, slaughter traits and physicochemical parameters of New Zealand White (NZW) and Belgian Gian...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Migdal L,Koziol K,Palka S,Migdal W,Zabek T,Otwinowska-Mindur A,Migdal A,Kmiecik M,Maj D,Bieniek J

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of genes and their regulation during lactation in Ghezel sheep breed remains less understood. To explore the underlying molecular mechanism of the lactation process in the mammary gland, transcriptome profiles of Iranian fat-tailed Ghezel sheep breed milk at two stages, before (BF) and after peak (AF) s...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Farhadian M,Rafat SA,Panahi B,Ebrahimie E

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a highly contagious bacterial zoonotic infectious disease severely affecting the public health and economic features of endemic and non-endemic countries. The present study assessed the potentials of using the touch-down polymerase chain reaction (TD-PCR) compared to the conventional PCR and culture met...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Rahimi H,Tukmechi A,Rashidian E

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldoketoreductase 1B5 (AKR1B5), a member of the Aldoketoreductase family, is involved in the production of Prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) as one of vital prostaglandin F synthase (PGFS). PGs (Prostaglandins) play a crucial role in female reproductive system. In the present study, we cloned and characterized the full-length...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Kumar R,Ramteke PW,Sharma SK,Mitra A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrate (HC) diet feeding leads to the lysis of rumen microbes and the release of hazardous metabolites, which can trigger inflammatory responses, thereby impairing dairy cow health and production. γ-D-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelic acid (iE-DAP), which constitutes the peptidoglycan (PGN) layer of bacteria, is ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Wang Y,Gao Q,Cheng X,Chang G,Roy AC,Shen X

更新日期：2021-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the research was to evaluate real-time PCR (qPCR) as an alternate method for quantitative detection of Brucella abortus strain 544 (S544) in the spleen of mice for potency testing of live B. abortus strain 19 (S19) vaccine. IS711 and eryC gene-based qPCR were optimized for calculating copy number. The copy ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Gupta T,Rawat M,Kumar B,Varshney R,Chakravarti S,Qureshi S

更新日期：2020-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA microarray representing approximately 3800 cattle genes was created for functional genomic studies. The array elements were selected from > 7000 cDNA clones identified in a large-scale expressed sequence tag (EST) project that utilized spleen and normalized and subtracted placenta cDNA libraries. Sequence simil...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Band MR,Olmstead C,Everts RE,Liu ZL,Lewin HA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fescue toxicosis (FT) reduces beef animal growth and fertility. Animals afflicted with FT typically have decreased circulating prolactin concentrations and thicker summer hair coats. Preliminary experiments examined the informativeness of a novel Dopamine Receptor 2 (DRD2) G/A SNP for resistance to FT. Steers grazed t...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Campbell BT,Kojima CJ,Cooper TA,Bastin BC,Wojakiewicz L,Kallenbach RL,Schrick FN,Waller JC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indigenous cattle of India belong to the species, Bos indicus and they possess various adaptability and production traits. However, little is known about the genetic diversity and origin of these breeds. To investigate the status, we sequenced and analyzed the whole mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of seven Indian cattle bre...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Pramod RK,Velayutham D,P K S,P S B,Zachariah A,Zachariah A,B C,S S S,P G,Dhinoth Kumar B,Iype S,Gupta R,Santhosh S,Thomas G

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed SLC27A1, a candidate gene for milk production traits in Chinese Holstein cattle. DNA was extracted from the blood of 48 top Chinese Holstein Cattle selected according to phenotypic character and mixed into DNA pool for SNP detection. We tested blood samples of these cattle for SNPs in exon 3 and the 3'-fla...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Lv Y,Wei C,Zhang L,Lu G,Liu K,Du L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal effect genes have highly impressive effects on pre-implantation development. Filia/Ecat1/Khdc3l is a maternal effect gene found in mouse oocytes and embryos, loss of which causes a 50% decrease in fertility. In the present study, we investigated Filia mRNA expression in bovine oviduct, 30- to 40-day fetus, li...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Zahmatkesh A,Ansari Mahyari S,Daliri Joupari M,Rahmani H,Shirazi A,Amiri Roudbar M,Ansari Majd S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study designed to evaluate the effect of oligosaccharide supplemented diets on growth performance, histomorphometric changes, economic efficiency and genetic expression of some growth and immunity-relative genes. One hundred and twenty weaned male rabbits, six weeks of age of two breeds (NZW and APPRI) wer...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Abd El-Aziz AH,El-Kasrawy NI,Abd El-Hack ME,Kamel SZ,Mahrous UE,El-Deeb EM,Atta MS,Amer MS,Naiel MAE,Khafaga AF,Metwally AE,Abo Ghanima MM

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome 8 (SSC8) is an important one in the swine genome because it has been shown to harbor several economically important quantitative trait loci (QTL). The entire porcine chromosome 8 was microdissected and amplified by degenerate oligonucleotide primer (DOP) PCR. The PCR product was then enriched for (CA)n micr...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Wang Z,Rohrer G,Stone R,Troyer D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was to compare the pharmacokinetic characteristics of domestic altrenogest oral solution (DAOS) or imported altrenogest oral solution (IAOS) in healthy sows. A single administration (1 mg/kg body weight) of DAOS or IAOS was performed in sixteen healthy sows according to a two-period crossover design. Plasma...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Li Y,Yang H,Xia L,Wang S,Bu S

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to identify polymorphisms in CACNA2D1 gene and their association with clinical mastitis and production traits. Exon 18 and its flanking regions were screened for the presence of SNPs. Statistical analysis was performed to identify association of period of birth, breed, and genotype with...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Magotra A,Gupta ID,Verma A,Alex R,Mr V,Ahmad T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PPARGC1A) is a member of transcriptional coactivator of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor. It is involved in lipid metabolism, energy metabolism, adipocyte differentiation and regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis. Therefore, the genet...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Chen P,Zhao H,Wu M,He S,Yuan T,Yi X,Liu S,Pan Y,Li Q,Wang S,Sun X

更新日期：2020-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-a genes were cloned from six breeds of three species of two genera (three Chinese native cattle breeds of yellow cattle, wild yak and HuanHu domestic yak, one European breed of Holstein cow, and two water buffalo breeds of FuAn water buffalo and FuZhong water buffalo) by direct PCR. The PCR products were di...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Shi X,Xia C,Pan B,Wang M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Cas9/sgRNA RNA-guided endonuclease expression system including a codon-optimized Streptococcus pyogenes A20 Cas9 recombinant protein expression vector and a spacer-guide chimeric RNA expression vector using the porcine U6 promoter was constructed for application in pigs. Only the Flag2-NLS1-Cas9-NLS2 recombinant pro...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Su YH,Lin TY,Huang CL,Tu CF,Chuang CK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00