Genome-wide association study confirms that the chromosome Z harbours a region responsible for rumplessness in Hongshan chickens.

abstract：:Recently, linkage of a DNA microsatellite marker to inherited copper toxicosis has been reported in American Bedlington terrier families. Due to the fact that there is little exchange of breeding stock between the USA and Europe, it remains to be investigated whether in Europe the marker is informative and is linked w...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Rothuizen J,Ubbink GJ,van Zon P,Teske E,van den Ingh TS,Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan V

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that NR6A1 is a strong candidate for being a causal gene underlying vertebral number in pigs. The Licha Black is one of the leanest Chinese indigenous pig breeds, having an average vertebral number of 21.5. The introgression of Western germplasm into Licha Black, resulting in increased vertebral numb...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Yang G,Ren J,Zhang Z,Huang L

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Dexter cattle carry a genetic defect causing a dwarf phenotype in the heterozygotes (Dx+/-), while homozygotes (Dx+/+) are stillborn with extreme shortening of limbs and gross craniofacial defects and are described as 'bulldog' calves. The heterozygous phenotype has been likened to achondroplastic dwarfism in humans (...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Usha AP,Lester DH,Williams JL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of microRNAs (miRNAs), target genes and regulatory networks associated with innate immune and inflammatory responses and tissue damage is essential to elucidate the molecular and genetic mechanisms for resistance to mastitis. In this study, a combination of Solexa sequencing and custom miRNA chip approa...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Ju Z,Jiang Q,Liu G,Wang X,Luo G,Zhang Y,Zhang J,Zhong J,Huang J

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：: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：:Fractures are medical conditions that compromise the athletic potential of horses and/or the safety of jockeys. Therefore, the reduction of fracture risk is an important horse and human welfare issue. The present study used molecular genetic approaches to determine the effect of genetic risk for fracture at four candi...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Tozaki T,Kusano K,Ishikawa Y,Kushiro A,Nomura M,Kikuchi M,Kakoi H,Hirota K,Miyake T,Hill EW,Nagata S

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：: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：:Linkage between the amylase-1 (Am-1) locus and a quantitative trait locus influencing fat content in milk was studied in offspring from heterozygous sires of the Swedish Red and White dairy breed. The effect on bull breeding values for fat content was estimated as interactions between sire and paternal Am-1 allele usi...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Andersson-Eklund L,Rendel J

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-resolution comprehensive map was constructed for porcine chromosome (SSC) 6, where quantitative trait loci (QTL) for reproduction and meat quality traits have been reported to exist. A radiation hybrid (RH) map containing 105 gene-based markers and 15 microsatellite markers was constructed for this chromosome u...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Cao H,Robinson JA,Jiang Z,Melville JS,Golovan SP,Jones MW,Verrinder Gibbins AM

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Intramuscular fat (IMF) is one of the main meat quality traits for breeding programmes in livestock species. The main objective of this study was to identify genomic regions associated with IMF content comparing two rabbit populations divergently selected for this trait, and to generate a list of putative candidate ge...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Sosa-Madrid BS,Hernández P,Blasco A,Haley CS,Fontanesi L,Santacreu MA,Pena RN,Navarro P,Ibáñez-Escriche N

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：: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：: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：:The relationships between behavioural trait data and the genotype of 15 polymorphisms in eight neurotransmitter-related genes were analysed in 77 dogs of the Shiba Inu breed, an indigenous Japanese dog. The data were obtained from a 26-item questionnaire on the dog's behaviour, distributed to the dog's owners, through...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Takeuchi Y,Kaneko F,Hashizume C,Masuda K,Ogata N,Maki T,Inoue-Murayama M,Hart BL,Mori Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial DNA sequence of cytochrome b gene in a Thoroughbred horse was determined. By comparing DNA sequences between the Thoroughbred and published sequence data (two horses and one Grevyi zebra), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers were designed for amplification of a 590 bp DNA fragment in the cytochro...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Ishida N,Hasegawa T,Oyunsuren T,Mukoyama H

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensive artificial selection has been imposed in Yunshang black goats, the first black specialist mutton goat breed in China, with a breeding object of improving reproductive performance, which has contributed to reshaping of the genome including the characterization of SNP, ROH and haplotype. However, variation in ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Tao L,He XY,Jiang YT,Lan R,Li M,Li ZM,Yang WF,Hong QH,Chu MX

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supernumerary teats represent a common abnormality of the bovine udder. A genome-wide association study was performed based on the proportion of the occurrence of supernumerary teats in the daughters of 1097 Holstein bulls. The heritability of caudal supernumerary teats without mammary gland in this study was 0.604. T...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Joerg H,Meili C,Ruprecht O,Bangerter E,Burren A,Bigler A

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：: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：:Recently, the Swiss breeding association reported an increasing number of white-spotted cattle in the Brown Swiss breed, which is normally solid brown coloured. A total of 60 Brown Swiss cattle with variably sized white abdominal spots, facial markings and depigmented claws were collected for this study. A genome-wide...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Hofstetter S,Seefried F,Häfliger IM,Jagannathan V,Leeb T,Drögemüller C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNAs from animals representing six breeds of cattle (Angus, Brahman, Hereford, Holstein, Jersey and Texas Longhorn) were screened with cloned gene probes in a search for restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). Eleven RFLPs were identified using seven different probes: growth hormone, prolactin, oste...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Theilmann JL,Skow LC,Baker JF,Womack JE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern hybridization analysis of the ovine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) (MhcOvar) class II region, using sheep-specific probes for the DQA1, DQA2, DQB and DRA loci, has revealed extensive polymorphism. DQA1 and DQA2 had eight and 16 alleles respectively, DQB had six and DRA had three alleles. Little inform...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Escayg AP,Hickford JG,Montgomery GW,Dodds KG,Bullock DW

更新日期：1996-10-01 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