SNP detection and genetic mapping of porcine genes encoding enzymes in hepatic metabolic pathways and evaluation of linkage with carcass traits.

abstract：:Rabbit fur characteristics are primarily genetically determined traits. We used Illumina high-throughput sequencing technology to assess gene expression in the skin tissues of rabbits derived from a cross between Wanxi Angora rabbits and Rex rabbits, which exhibit differential characteristics of short and long wool re...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Zhao B,Chen Y,Hao Y,Yang N,Wang M,Mei M,Wang J,Qiu X,Wu X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swine genomic DNA segments containing repetitive sequences were isolated from a porcine genomic library using genomic DNA as a probe. Three fragments containing the repetitive sequences from two of the primary phage clones were subcloned for sequence analysis, which revealed six new PRE-1 repetitive families other tha...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Takahashi H,Awata T,Yasue H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historical records suggest that horses inhabiting the island of Cheju in Korea are descendants of Mongolian horses introduced in 1276. Other studies, however, suggest that horses may have been present on the island prior to the Mongolian introduction. To determine the origin of the Cheju horses we used a phylogenetic ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Kim KI,Yang YH,Lee SS,Park C,Ma R,Bouzat JL,Lewin HA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting carcass composition, carcass length, fat deposition and lean meat content using a genome scan across 462 animals from a combined intercross and backcross between Hampshire and Landrace pigs. Data were analysed using multiple linear regression fitt...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Karlskov-Mortensen P,Bruun CS,Braunschweig MH,Sawera M,Markljung E,Enfält AC,Hedebro-Velander I,Josell A,Lindahl G,Lundström K,von Seth G,Jørgensen CB,Andersson L,Fredholm M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of elution profiles of enzymatic and CNBr digests of kappa-caseins C and E, and sequencing of most relevant peptides allowed the chemical characterization of both genetic variants. They differ from their B and A allelic counterparts by a single substitution, His97/Arg and Gly155/Ser, respectively. Electrophor...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Miranda G,Anglade P,Mahé MF,Erhardt G

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) is a marine fish of key economic and cultural importance in Europe. It is now more an aquaculture than a fisheries species (>96% of the production in 2016), although modern rearing techniques date back only from the late 1980s. It also has high interest for evolutionary ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Vandeputte M,Gagnaire PA,Allal F

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using frequencies of 86 genes from 23 loci of blood group systems, blood and milk proteins, the genetic relationships among 14 cattle breeds including four native Balkan and four synthetic Balkan-Alp breeds were studied. The dendrogram and nonlinear map construction shows a consensus 'Balkan breed cluster', an 'Alp br...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Medjugorac I,Kustermann W,Lazar P,Russ I,Pirchner F

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic consequences of population differentiation and isolation have been the subject of conservation biology. In this study, we analysed the genetic diversity and structure of Mongolian sheep in China. These animals belong to a traditional local breed with high production, extensive adaption, early maturity and ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Zhong T,Han JL,Guo J,Zhao QJ,Fu BL,Pu YB,He XH,Jeon JT,Guan WJ,Ma YH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses is the result of an interaction of genetic and environmental factors and shares many characteristics with human asthma. Many studies have suggested that the interleukin-4 receptor gene (IL4R) is associated with this disease, and a QTL region on chromosome 13 containing IL4R...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Klukowska-Rötzler J,Swinburne JE,Drögemüller C,Dolf G,Janda J,Leeb T,Gerber V

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma samples of 1126 dogs belonging to 21 different European breeds were analysed by two-dimensional agarose gel (pH 5.4 or pH 8.6)--horizontal polyacrylamide gel (pH 9.0) electrophoresis, followed by general-protein staining of gels. Genetic polymorphism was detected for five as yet unidentified proteins designated...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Juneja RK,Arnold IC,Gahne B,Bouw J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative assessment of genetic diversity within and between populations is important for decision-making in genetic conservation plans. In our study, we applied the livestock core set method to define the contribution of 15 cattle breeds, 11 of which are Portuguese indigenous cattle breeds, to genetic diversit...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Mateus JC,Eding H,Penedo MC,Rangel-Figueiredo MT

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present herein a bovine chromosome 24 (BTA24) radiation hybrid (RH) map using 40 markers scored on a panel of 90 RHs. Of these markers, 29 loci were ordered with odds of at least 1000:1 in a framework map. An average retention frequency of 17.4% was observed, with relatively higher frequencies near the centromere. ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Kurar E,Womack JE,Kirkpatrick BW

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An MspI polymorphism was identified in intron 13 of the equine homologue of proto-oncogene c-kit (KIT) by comparing DNA sequences from horses with solid coat colour and horses homozygous for the tobiano spotting (To) gene. The allele associated with solid coat colour was designated KM0, while the allele associated wit...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Brooks SA,Terry RB,Bailey E

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDSs) are a heterogeneous group of inherited connective tissue disorders characterized by skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility and tissue fragility. Inherited disorders similar to human EDS have been reported in different mammalian species. In the present study, we investigated a f...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Bauer A,de Lucia M,Leuthard F,Jagannathan V,Leeb T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South Africa has a diverse array of phenotypically distinct and locally adapted sheep breeds that have been developed for different production systems ranging from mutton to wool and pelt, and some dual-purpose and nondescript breeds kept by smallholder farmers. This study investigated genetic diversity, population ge...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Dzomba EF,Chimonyo M,Snyman MA,Muchadeyi FC

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents evidence that sheep haemopexin phenotypes are genetically controlled by three alleles, HpxA, HpxB1 and HpxB2, of a single autosomal locus. Frequencies of two alleles, HpxA and HpxB (HpxB encompasses two isoalleles, HpxB1 and HpxB2), were studied in eight sheep breeds in Czechoslovakia. The frequenc...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Stratil A,Bobák P,Margetín M,Glasnák V

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern commercial chickens have been bred for one of two specific purposes: meat production (broilers) or egg production (layers). This has led to large phenotypic changes, so that the genomic signatures of selection may be detectable using statistical techniques. Genetic differentiation between nine distinct broiler ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Stainton JJ,Haley CS,Charlesworth B,Kranis A,Watson K,Wiener P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new haemoglobin variants, provisionally named Hb G and Hb H, were found during a survey of 295 Welsh Mountain cross-bred sheep. Both haemoglobins appear to be beta chain variants controlled by genes allelic to those for the common forms Hb A and Hb B. Studies on an anaemic Hb AH and an Hb AG type sheep showed that...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Kilgour L,Dixon SC,Tucker EM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate whole genome sequence assembly can benefit from a priori knowledge of variability in the target genome, with researchers often selecting highly inbred individuals for sequencing. However, for most species highly inbred research lines are lacking, requiring the use of an outbred individual(s). Here we examin...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Chaves LD,Harry DE,Reed KM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primer sequences flanking 13 microsatellite loci isolated from the domestic horse (E. caballus) were successfully used to amplify homologous loci in the Przewalski's horse (E. przewalskii). The results demonstrate that the level of polymorphism at all 13 loci in the Przewalski's horse was comparable to that in the dom...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Breen M,Downs P,Irvin Z,Bell K

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two categories of immune responses - innate and adaptive immunity - both having polygenic backgrounds and a significant environmental component. In our study, adaptive immunity was represented by the specific antibody response toward keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH); innate immunity was represented by natural...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Siwek M,Slawinska A,Rydzanicz M,Wesoly J,Fraszczak M,Suchocki T,Skiba J,Skiba K,Szyda J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovine hereditary chondrodysplasia, or spider lamb syndrome (SLS), is a genetic disorder that is characterized by severe skeletal abnormalities and has resulted in substantial economic losses for sheep producers. Here we demonstrate that a non-synonymous T>A transversion in the highly conserved tyrosine kinase II domai...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Beever JE,Smit MA,Meyers SN,Hadfield TS,Bottema C,Albretsen J,Cockett NE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal fat content is an economically important trait in commercially bred chickens. Although many quantitative trait loci (QTL) related to fat deposition have been detected, the resolution for these regions is low and functional variants are still unknown. The current study was conducted aiming at increasing resol...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Moreira GC,Godoy TF,Boschiero C,Gheyas A,Gasparin G,Andrade SC,Paduan M,Montenegro H,Burt DW,Ledur MC,Coutinho LL

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feed efficiency and growth are the most important traits in pig production, and very few genetic markers have been reported to be associated with feed efficiency. The suppressor of cytokine signalling-2 (encoded by SOCS2) is the main negative regulator of somatic growth, and the knockout of SOCS2 and naturally mutant ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Chen Y,Piper E,Zhang Y,Tier B,Graser HU,Luxford BG,Moran C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like (QPCTL) is an isoenzyme of glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase (QPCT). QPCTL and QPCT catalyze the formation of N-terminal modified pyroglutamate-fractalkine and the chemokine CCL2. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between insertions/deletions in t...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Ren T,Li W,Liu D,Liang K,Wang X,Li H,Jiang R,Tian Y,Kang X,Li Z

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the calpain 1 (CAPN1) and calpastatin (CAST) genes were studied to determine their effects on meat tenderness in Bos taurus cattle. Strip loins (M. longissimus dorsi) were removed from cattle in four resource populations after slaughter (n = 1042), aged under controlled condit...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Morris CA,Cullen NG,Hickey SM,Dobbie PM,Veenvliet BA,Manley TR,Pitchford WS,Kruk ZA,Bottema CD,Wilson T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica; JQ) is one of the domesticated fowl species of Japan. To provide DNA sequence information for examination of its phylogenetic position in the order Galliformes, the complete sequence of the JQ mitochondria was determined. Sequence analysis revealed that the JQ mitochondrial genom...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Nishibori M,Hayashi T,Tsudzuki M,Yamamoto Y,Yasue H

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bovine yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clone containing the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene was used as a template for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification using a conserved short interspersed nuclear element (SINE) primer. Two highly polymorphic microsatellites with nine and eight alleles were isolate...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Band M,Eggen A,Bishop MD,Ron M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rhadinovirus ovine herpesvirus-2 (OvHV-2) is the most common causative agent of malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) in clinically susceptible ruminants including cattle and bison. American bison (Bison bison) are highly susceptible to clinical MCF. Nevertheless, approximately 20% of bison on ranches or in feedlots bec...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Traul DL,Li H,Dasgupta N,O'Toole D,Eldridge JA,Besser TE,Davies CJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The silkworm, Bombyx mori, is an economically important insect that was domesticated more than 5000 years ago. Its major economic traits focused on by breeders are quantitative traits, and an accurate and efficient QTL mapping method is necessary to explore their genetic architecture. However, current widely used QTL ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Li C,Zuo W,Tong X,Hu H,Qiao L,Song J,Xiong G,Gao R,Dai F,Lu C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00