Polymorphism of the pig acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alpha gene is associated with fatty acid composition in a Duroc commercial line.

abstract：:In the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), a polytocous livestock species, the number of teats indirectly impacts the doe reproduction efficiency and, in turn, the sustainable production of rabbit meat. In this study, we carried out a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for the total number of teats in 247 Itali...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Bovo S,Schiavo G,Utzeri VJ,Ribani A,Schiavitto M,Buttazzoni L,Negrini R,Fontanesi L

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptorchidism is the most common disorder of sex development in dogs and testosterone plays a crucial role in the inguinal phase of the testes descending into the scrotum. The molecular background of impaired testosterone synthesis in the testes of cryptorchid dogs is poorly elucidated. In this study, we analyzed the...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Krzeminska P,Stachowiak M,Skrzypski M,Nowak T,Maslak A,Switonski M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific alloprecipitins were found in blood plasma of pigs, immunized by sera of Lpr1 positive donors. These precipitins detected a new allotype of the lipoprotein Lpr system which was designated Lpr3. Genetic studies confirmed its codominant inheritance and subgroup character. This linear subgroup of allotype Lpr1 i...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Hojný J,Janik A,Schröffel J Jr

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data integration is key to functional and comparative genomics because integration allows diverse data types to be evaluated in new contexts. To achieve data integration in a scalable and sensible way, semantic standards are needed, both for naming things (standardized nomenclatures, use of key words) and also for kno...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Bult CJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chato Murciano (CM), a pig breed from the Murcia region in the southeastern region of Spain, is a good model for endangered livestock populations. The remaining populations are bred on approximately 15 small farms, and no herdbook exists. To assess the genetic threats to the integrity and survival of the CM breed,...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Herrero-Medrano JM,Megens HJ,Crooijmans RP,Abellaneda JM,Ramis G

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosomal localization of 13 bovine genes was determined using radiation hybrid (RH) mapping. The RH mapping data were in agreement with published data using either linkage, somatic cell hybrids or in situ hybridization. Mutation analysis using single-stranded conformational polymorphism, restriction fragment le...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Haegeman A,Williams JL,Law A,Van Zeveren A,Peelman LJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphism at the PvuII recognition site in the ESR gene showed no statistically significant association with sow productivity traits in a Meishan x Large White F2 population. Estimates of the effect on litter size were, however, in the opposite direction and statistically different from previously published est...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Gibson JP,Jiang ZH,Robinson JA,Archibald AL,Haley CS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copy number variation (CNV), an essential form of genetic variation, has been increasingly recognized as one promising genetic marker in the analysis of animal genomes. Here, we used the Equine 70K single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping array for the genome-wide detection of CNVs in 96 horses from three diverse Chi...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Kader A,Liu X,Dong K,Song S,Pan J,Yang M,Chen X,He X,Jiang L,Ma Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the recent development of whole-exome sequencing enrichment designs for the dog, a novel tool for disease-association studies became available. The aim of disease-association studies is to identify one or a very limited number of putative causal variants or genes from the large pool of genetic variation. To maxim...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Broeckx BJ,Coopman F,Verhoeven GE,De Keulenaer S,De Meester E,Bavegems V,Smets P,Van Ryssen B,Van Nieuwerburgh F,Deforce D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) is an important marine fish in Mediterranean aquaculture. Sex determination by age and/or body weight is a critical life-history trait, the genetic basis for which is largely unknown in this sequential hermaphrodite species. Herein, we performed a partial genome scan to map quanti...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Loukovitis D,Sarropoulou E,Batargias C,Apostolidis AP,Kotoulas G,Tsigenopoulos CS,Chatziplis D

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent extension of genetic tools to the domestic cat, together with the serendipitous consequences of selective breeding, have been essential to the study of the genetic diseases that affect them. Cats are increasingly presented for veterinary surveillance and share many of human's heritable diseases, allowing th...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Samaha G,Beatty J,Wade CM,Haase B

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:A synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotide probe (OAT36) comprising nine repeats of 5'GACA 3' and several enzymes were used to analyse cow, (Bos taurus) and buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) genomes and a number of monomorphic loci were detected in both the species. Different animals from the same species showed an almost 'similar'...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Ali S,Gauri,Bala S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to obtain monoclonal alloantibodies against bovine blood group antigens, lymph node cells from calves immunized with bovine red blood cells (RBC) were fused with either murine NSO/1 myeloma cells or a HAT sensitive murine x bovine heterohybridoma cell line. Both fusion partners resulted in heterohybridoma cel...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Hønberg LS,Larsen B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) has an important protective function against viral infection. The ability of an individual to respond properly to TLR ligands may be impaired by variants located in the TLR genes. By directly PCR sequencing four exons and their flanking sequence of chicken TLR3, a total of 50 nucleotide var...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Huang YQ,Chen W,Huang YH,Shi XW,Deng XM,Kang XT,Li N

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Donkey domestication drastically changed ancient transport systems in Africa and Asia, enabling overland circulation of people and goods and influencing the organization of early cities and pastoral societies. Genetic studies based on mtDNA have pointed to the African wild ass as the most probable ancestor of the dome...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Rosenbom S,Costa V,Al-Araimi N,Kefena E,Abdel-Moneim AS,Abdalla MA,Bakhiet A,Beja-Pereira A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel and traditional eggshell quality measurements were made from up to 2000 commercial pedigree hens for a candidate gene association analysis with organic eggshell matrix genes: ovocleidin-116, osteopontin (SPP1), ovocalyxin-32 (RARRES1), ovotransferrin (LTF), ovalbumin and ovocalyxin-36, as well as key genes in th...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Dunn IC,Joseph NT,Bain M,Edmond A,Wilson PW,Milona P,Nys Y,Gautron J,Schmutz M,Preisinger R,Waddington D

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) is an imprinted gene expressed in most tissues affecting lean muscle content in mice, pigs and cattle. We previously identified the bovine IGF2 c.-292C>T SNP in the non-translated exon 2. Using this SNP, we demonstrated biallelic expression of IGF2 after birth. Seven alternatively s...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Goodall JJ,Schmutz SM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotype imputation facilitates the identification of missing genotypes on a high-density array using low-density arrays and has great potential for reducing genotyping costs for cattle populations. However, the imputation quality varies across breeds, which have different effective population sizes. Therefore, the ac...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Uemoto Y,Sasaki S,Sugimoto Y,Watanabe T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Good eggshell quality is important for both table egg quality and chicken reproductive performance. Weak eggshells cause economic losses in all production steps. Poor eggshell quality also poses increased risk for Salmonella infections. Eggshell quality has been a difficult trait to improve by traditional breeding, as...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Tuiskula-Haavisto M,Honkatukia M,Preisinger R,Schmutz M,de Koning DJ,Wei WH,Vilkki J

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) is a genetic leg defect in broilers with a lesion of avascular, non-calcified cartilage below the growth plate of the proximal tibiatarsus. This disease is considered to result from the inability of chondrocytes to undergo terminal differentiation. Thyroid hormones are required for chondro...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Shen S,Berry W,Jaques S,Pillai S,Zhu J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The C3 polymorphism of equine serum or plasma revealed by agarose gel electrophoresis can be diagnosed with protein stain following acid protein fixation. In addition to the three alleles previously described (C31, C32, C33), a fourth allele (C34) was found. Population data for 25 domestic breeds and Equus przewalskii...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Bowling AT,Dileanis S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of biochemical genetic variants was examined among eight inbred strains of mice, which served as contributors to a heterogeneous stock of mice (HS), and in short-sleep (SS) and long-sleep (LS) mice, selectively bred from the HS stock for differential ethanol sensitivity. Fifteen loci for enzymes of al...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Holmes RS,Petersen DR,Deitrich RA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-26 (IL26) is a member of the IL10 cytokine family. The IL26 gene is located between two other well-known cytokines genes of this family encoding interferon-gamma (IFNG) and IL22 in an evolutionary conserved gene cluster. In contrast to humans and most other mammals, mice lack a functional Il26 gene. We ana...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Shakhsi-Niaei M,Drögemüller M,Jagannathan V,Gerber V,Leeb T

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A GWAS was performed using the genotypes obtained by PorcineSNP60 v2 BeadChip and 11 phenotypic traits (carcass lean meat percentage; backfat thickness; Longissimus thoracis muscle thickness; lightness; backfat thickness measured with caliper at the midline; meat pH measured at about 1 h post mortem and 24 h post mort...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Fabbri MC,Zappaterra M,Davoli R,Zambonelli P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rumplessness in Hongshan chickens has been reported as a novel sex-linked characteristic. Re-sequencing data suggest that a pseudogene on the Z chromosome, LOC431648, is affiliated with this phenotype. In this study, we chose 23 rumpless and 25 normal Hongshan chickens to localize the potential variation by means of a...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Wang Q,Pi J,Shen J,Pan A,Qu L

更新日期：2018-08-01 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 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