Detecting signatures of selection in nine distinct lines of broiler chickens.

abstract：:A study of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase in Cervus dama, Cervus elaphus, Cervus nippon and Cervus elaphus x Cervus nippon hybrids has revealed a polymorphism of this enzyme system in Cervus elaphus as well as in the hybrid population. Genetic analysis suggests that this enzyme system is controlled by one gene locus...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Herzog S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatively large rates of response to traits of economic importance have been observed in different selection experiments in salmon. Several QTL have been mapped in the salmon genome, explaining unprecedented levels of phenotypic variation. Owing to the relatively large selection intensity, individual loci may be indi...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Martinez V,Dettleff P,Lopez P,Fernandez G,Jedlicki A,Yañez JM,Davidson WS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 70 kilodalton heat shock proteins (Hsp70) are highly conserved molecular chaperones which have a crucial role in the stress response of the cell. In mammals, the Hsp70 proteins are encoded by a cluster of three genes: HSPA1A, HSPA1B and HSPA1L. In bovines, this cluster is located on chromosome 23 downstream of the...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Suqueli García MF,Castellote MA,Feingold SE,Corva PM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Described is an alternative procedure for the phenotyping of pig alpha 1B-glycoprotein (PO2) and haemopexin. The procedure is based on the separation of serum samples by horizontal polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, passive blotting onto a nitrocellulose (NC) sheet, and immunochemical detection using a mixture of a p...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Kaláb P,Stratil A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested positional candidate genes adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and somatostatin (SST) for effects on carcass traits in a commercially relevant cattle population. Both genes are located within a region of BTA1 previously reported to harbour quantitative trait loci (QTL) that affect marbling, quality grade, yield gra...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Morsci NS,Schnabel RD,Taylor JF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residual feed intake (RFI) has been adopted in Australia for the purpose of genetic improvement in feed efficiency in beef cattle. RFI is the difference between the observed feed intake of an animal and the predicted feed intake based on its size and growth rate over a test period. Gene expression of eight candidate g...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Al-Husseini W,Gondro C,Quinn K,Herd RM,Gibson JP,Chen Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Three polymorphisms were identified in a 1.6-kb fragment of the porcine calpastatin (CAST) gene and these polymorphisms were used for genetic linkage mapping. Linkage analysis revealed significant linkage of CAST to five microsatellites previously mapped to porcine chromosome 2; these microsatellites were S0010, S0226...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Ernst CW,Robic A,Yerle M,Wang L,Rothschild MF

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yolk ratio is an important production index in the salted duck egg industry. Yolk constituents are deposited during development of follicles. However, the molecular mechanism responsible for different yolk ratios in laying ducks remains elusive. In this study, Shaoxing ducks laying eggs with different yolk ratios were...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Du X,Ren JD,Xu XQ,Chen GH,Huang Y,Du JP,Tao ZR,Cai ZX,Lu LZ,Yang H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The service sire has been recognized as an important factor affecting herd fertility in dairy cattle. Recent studies suggest that genetic factors explain part of the difference in fertility among Holstein sires. The main objective of this study was to dissect the genetic architecture of sire fertility in US Jersey cat...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Rezende FM,Dietsch GO,Peñagaricano F

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we tested the segregation and paternal compatibility of markers INRA124 and INRA126 on female DNA in 10 different cattle families, in order to clarify the usefulness of these microsatellites for the study of male-mediated population processes in cattle. Their performance was compared with that of four microsatell...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Pérez-Pardal L,Royo LJ,Alvarez I,de León FA,Fernández I,Casais R,Goyache F

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:Six distinct serotypes of the chicken B blood group system (which encodes the major histocompatibility complex) were identified in a commercial broiler breeder line (Line C). The B serotypes were compared by B-G restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, allele-specific PCR typing test for B-LBII family...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Livant EJ,Zheng D,Johnson LW,Shi W,Ewald SJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Refinement of previous QTL on porcine chromosome 12 for fatty-acid composition and a candidate gene association analysis were conducted using an Iberian x Landrace cross. The concentrations of ten fatty acids were assayed in backfat tissue from which four metabolic ratios were calculated for 403 F2 animals. Linkage an...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Muñoz G,Alves E,Fernández A,Ovilo C,Barragán C,Estellé J,Quintanilla R,Folch JM,Silió L,Rodríguez MC,Fernández AI

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tying-up syndrome, also known as recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis in Thoroughbreds, is a common muscle disorder for racehorses. In this study, we performed a multipoint linkage analysis using LOKI based on the Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo method using 5 half-sib families (51 affected and 277 nonaffected horses...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Tozaki T,Hirota K,Sugita S,Ishida N,Miyake T,Oki H,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has mapped an ovulation rate quantitative trait locus (QTL) to bovine chromosome 19. In an effort to enhance comparative mapping information and develop additional markers for refined QTL mapping, microsatellite markers were developed in a targeted approach. A bovine bacterial artificial chromosome (...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Kirkpatrick BW,Byla B,Kurar E,Warren WC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broken and cracked eggshells contribute significantly to economic losses in the egg production industry. We previously identified ovocalyxin-32 as a potential gene influencing eggshell traits, by analysing an intercross between two parent lines developed from the same founder population by a two-way selection for eggs...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Takahashi H,Sasaki O,Nirasawa K,Furukawa T

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples of llamas and alpacas were typed using haemolytic, electrophoretic and isoelectric focusing procedures to assay polymorphism at 13 loci. Blood group variation was assessed using six antibody specificities produced by allo- and heteroimmunizations. Two red cell factors (A and B) behave as autosomal, codom...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Penedo MC,Fowler ME,Bowling AT,Anderson DL,Gordon L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals were identified from two sire lines as being homozygous for the class I bovine lymphocyte antigen (BoLA-A) w23. These animals were also shown to be homozygous for class II antigens (BoLA-D) which, however, differed between the two sire lines. Lymphocytes from these animals were then used either as stimulator c...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Rothel JS,Dufty JH,Wood PR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have for the first time assessed the ability of the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system to enhance transgenesis in chicken and turkey cells. The efficiency of transgenesis with a transposon encoding an antibiotic resistance gene was dramatically enhanced 15- to 35-fold when transposase was supplied by co-transfe...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Kong BW,Carlson DF,Fahrenkrug SC,Foster DN

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Neolithic introduction of domestic cattle into Europe was followed by differential adaptation, selection, migration and genetic isolation, leading ultimately to the emergence of specialized breeds. We have studied the differentiation of European cattle by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprintin...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Negrini R,Nijman IJ,Milanesi E,Moazami-Goudarzi K,Williams JL,Erhardt G,Dunner S,Rodellar C,Valentini A,Bradley DG,Olsaker I,Kantanen J,Ajmone-Marsan P,Lenstra JA,European Cattle Genetic Diversity Consortium.

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial artificial clone-based physical map for chicken plays an important role in the integration of the consensus linkage map and the whole-genome shotgun sequence. It also provides a valuable resource for clone selection within applications such as fluorescent in situ hybridization and positional cloning. How...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Aerts JA,Veenendaal T,van der Poel JJ,Crooijmans RP,Groenen MA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic differences which exist in the prion protein gene (PRNP) have been reported to influence susceptibility of humans, sheep and goats to prion diseases. In cattle, however, none of the known coding polymorphisms has a direct effect on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). It has been reported that 23-bp inserti...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Msalya G,Shimogiri T,Nishitani K,Okamoto S,Kawabe K,Minesawa M,Maeda Y

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colostrum intake is critical to a piglet's survival and can be measured by precipitating out the γ-immunoglobulins from serum with ammonium sulfate (immunocrit). Genetic analysis of immunocrits on 5312 piglets indicated that the heritabilities (se) for direct and maternal effects were 0.13 (0.06) and 0.53 (0.08) respe...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Rohrer GA,Rempel LA,Miles JR,Keele JW,Wiedmann RT,Vallet JL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amber (previously called X-Colour) is a yellow recessive coat colour observed in the Norwegian Forest Cat (NFC) population and apparently absent in other cat breeds. Until now, there has never been any scientific evidence of yellow recessive mutation (e) reported in the extension gene in Felidae. We sequenced the comp...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Peterschmitt M,Grain F,Arnaud B,Deléage G,Lambert V

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stearoyl-CoA desaturase (delta-9-desaturase) gene encodes a key enzyme in the cellular biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids. In our initial genome-wide association study (GWAS) of Chinese Holstein cows, 19 SNPs fell in a 1.8-Mb region (20.3-22.1 Mb) on chromosome 26 underlying the SCD gene and were highly s...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Li C,Sun D,Zhang S,Liu L,Alim MA,Zhang Q

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：: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：:A comparative transcription analysis of Ig κ-light chains (IGK) of the cattle breeds Holstein Friesian (HF), German Black Pied (GBP), German Simmental (GS) and Aubrac (A) revealed three alleles coding for two putative allotypic variants of IGKC. The amino acid residues p.Asp100Asn and p.Thr116Ala were located at the o...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Stein SK,Diesterbeck US,Aboelhassan DM,Czerny CP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three electrophoretic variants of erythrocyte malic enzyme (ME) in goats were reported. Inheritance data indicate that they are controlled by codominant alleles. The allele frequencies in four Mediterranean populations are given. ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Di Stasio L,Rasero R,Fiandra P,Giaccone P

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00