FTO gene variants are associated with growth and carcass traits in cattle.

abstract：:Cytochrome P450-aromatase enzyme (CYP19), which catalyses the conversion of androgens to oestrogens, is critical in ovarian differentiation and hence in the sex differentiation pathways of non-mammalian vertebrates. As in other fish species, distinct ovarian and brain aromatase genes have been identified in the Nile T...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Harvey SC,Kwon JY,Penman DJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of haemoglobin (Hb) has been studied in 260 Norwegian Dairy goats by the Immobiline technique at pH ranges 6.7-7.7, 6.9-7.6 and 6.9-7.5. The majority of goats exhibited two- or four-band patterns. In two-band types the average ratio between the anodal and cathodal band was 74:26. PAGE with 8M urea disti...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Braend M,Nesse LL,Efremov GD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, 25 195 BAC ends for channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were sequenced, generating 20 366 clean BAC-end sequences (BES), with an average read length of 557 bp after trimming. A total of 11 414 601 bp were generated, representing approximately 1.2% of the catfish genome. Based on this survey, th...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Xu P,Wang S,Liu L,Peatman E,Somridhivej B,Thimmapuram J,Gong G,Liu Z

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：: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：:Body weight is a complex trait in cattle associated with commonly used commercial breeding measurements related to growth. Although many quantitative trait loci (QTL) for body weight have been identified in cattle so far, searching for genetic determinants in different breeds or environments is promising. Therefore, w...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Igoshin AV,Yudin NS,Belonogova NM,Larkin DM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection and use of animals with blood group 0 in the process of transplanting pig organs or tissues into humans can positively contribute to the control of acute immune rejection due to differences in blood groups. Exon-specific PCRs for the porcine blood group A transferase gene against genomic DNA from either ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Nguyen DT,Choi H,Jo H,Kim JH,Dirisala VR,Lee KT,Kim TH,Park KK,Seo K,Park C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is a mammalian developmental process that uses epigenetic mechanisms to induce monoallelic and parental-specific expression of particular autosomal genes. A crucial epigenetic event consists of DNA methylation of CpG-islands, which become differentially methylated regions (DMRs) on the maternal and ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Colosimo A,Di Rocco G,Curini V,Russo V,Capacchietti G,Berardinelli P,Mattioli M,Barboni B

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:The goal of this study was to identify and map genes expressed during the elongation phase of embryogenesis in swine. Expressed sequence tags were analysed from a previously described porcine cDNA library prepared from elongating swine embryos. Average insert length of randomly selected clones was approximately 600 bp...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Smith TP,Fahrenkrug SC,Rohrer GA,Simmen FA,Rexroad CE,Keele JW

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA samples obtained from sheep homozygous for HbA, for HbB and heterozygous were subjected to Southern blot analysis using a goat beta F and a rabbit beta 1-globin gene as probes. Sheep homozygous for HbA show a different restriction pattern from that of sheep homozygous for HbB with each of the used endonucleases. T...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Di Gregorio P,Rando A,Masina P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atlantic salmon have been reared in the British Columbia, Canada aquaculture industry since the early 1980s. No breeding programmes spanned the entire production period and pedigree records were not kept for broodstocks prior to or since importation. Of the three recognized industry strains, two are of European ancest...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Withler RE,Supernault KJ,Miller KM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albino phenotypes are documented in various species including the American mink. In other species the albino phenotypes are associated with tyrosinase (TYR) gene mutations; therefore TYR was considered the candidate gene for albinism in mink. Four microsatellite markers were chosen in the predicted region of the TYR g...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Anistoroaei R,Fredholm M,Christensen K,Leeb T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is an important fish for aquaculture, but genomics of this species is still in its infancy. In this study, a linkage map of common carp based on Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) and microsatellite (SSR) markers has been generated using gynogenetic haploids. Of 926 markers gen...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Cheng L,Liu L,Yu X,Wang D,Tong J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A feral donkey population (Equus asinus), living in the Asinara National Park (an island north-west of Sardinia, Italy), includes a unique white albino donkey subpopulation or colour morph that is a major attraction of this park. Disrupting mutations in the tyrosinase (TYR) gene are known to cause recessive albinisms ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Utzeri VJ,Bertolini F,Ribani A,Schiavo G,Dall'Olio S,Fontanesi L

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were available for 12 poultry microsatellites and 29 poultry single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and for 34 cattle microsatellites and 36 cattle SNPs. Stochastic permutation was used to determine the number of SNPs needed to obtain the same average information content as a given number of microsatellites. For...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Schopen GC,Bovenhuis H,Visker MH,van Arendonk JA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KIT mutations have been detected in different cancer subtypes, including melanoma. The gene also has been extensively studied in farm animals for its prominent role in coat color. The present work aimed at detecting KIT variants in a porcine model of cutaneous melanoma, the melanoblastoma-bearing Libechov Minipig (MeL...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Fernández-Rodríguez A,Estellé J,Blin A,Muñoz M,Créchet F,Demenais F,Vincent-Naulleau S,Bourneuf E

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：: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 crest in chicken consists of elongated and upraised feathers, as seen in various breeds such as the Silkie chicken. Recently, the still unknown causative mutation for the crest phenotype was assigned to chromosome 33 and an ectopic expression of HOXC8 was shown. The aim this study was to evaluate whether the crest...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Joller S,Ammann P,Flury C,Drögemüller C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) in Africa remains largely unknown. After being first introduced from the Near East, sheep gradually spread through the African continent with pastoral societies. The eastern part of Africa was important either for the first diffusion of sheep southward or for putative seconda...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Resende A,Gonçalves J,Muigai AW,Pereira F

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented herein is an updated sheep cytogenetic map that contains 452 loci (291 type I and 161 type II) assigned to specific chromosome bands or regions on standard R-banded ideograms. This map, which significantly extends our knowledge of the physical organization of the ovine genome, includes new assignments for 88...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Di Meo GP,Perucatti A,Floriot S,Hayes H,Schibler L,Rullo R,Incarnato D,Ferretti L,Cockett N,Cribiu E,Williams JL,Eggen A,Iannuzzi L

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene coding for the mitochondrial phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK-M), a pivotal component in gluconeogenesis from lactate via the Cori cycle, was highly polymorphic in strains of egg-type chickens (White Leghorn) of different origins. Based on MspI restriction fragment polymorphisms a total of seven allel...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Li S,Zadworny D,Aggrey SE,Kuhnlein U

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic selection is becoming a standard tool in livestock breeding programs, particularly for traits that are hard to measure. Accuracy of genomic selection can be improved by increasing the quantity and quality of data and potentially by improving analytical methods. Adding genotypes and phenotypes from additional b...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Farah MM,Swan AA,Fortes MR,Fonseca R,Moore SS,Kelly MJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pioneering study showed that the glycosphingolipid biosynthesis-globo series pathway genes (FUT1, FUT2, ST3GAL1, HEXA, HEXB, B3GALNT1 and NAGA) may play an important regulatory role in resistance to Escherichia coli F18 in piglets. Therefore, we analysed differential gene expression in 11 tissues of two populations ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Dong WH,Dai CH,Sun L,Wang J,Sun SY,Zhu GQ,Wu SL,Bao WB

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the major histocompatibility (B) complex and sex on the phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) wattle response was studied in 136 segregants (B2/B2, B2/B5 and B5/B5) of a fourth generation cross between inbred lines 6(1) and 15(1). At 6 weeks of age, chickens were injected with 100 micrograms purified PHA-P. Wattl...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Taylor RL Jr,Cotter PF,Wing TL,Briles WE

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Nineteen cattle bones from the Viking 10th and early 11th century levels in Dublin were assessed for presence of reliable genotypes from three autosomal markers. Due to the good preservational condition of the samples, it was possible to amplify and type at least two out of three of the microsatellite markers (CSRM60,...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Edwards CJ,Connellan J,Wallace PF,Park SD,McCormick FM,Olsaker I,Eythórsdóttir E,MacHugh DE,Bailey JF,Bradley DG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progressive loss of colour in the hair of grey horses is controlled by a dominantly inherited allele at the Grey locus (GG). In this study, two paternal Quarter Horse (QH) families segregating for the GG allele were genotyped with a set of 101 microsatellite markers spanning the 31 autosomes and the X chromosome. ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Locke MM,Penedo MC,Bricker SJ,Millon LV,Murray JD

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we analyzed 93 whole genomes from Chinese spot-billed ducks (CSB), meat-type ducks (MET), and egg and dual purpose-type ducks (EDT) to characterize the genetic material flowing between the CSB and modern ducks. Using a frequency of shared identical-by-descent method, approximately 10.9 Mb introgression ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Guo X,Wang ZC,Wang S,Li HF,Suwannapoom C,Wang JX,Zhang C,Shao Y,Wang MS,Jiang RS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00