Isolation of microsatellites from a bovine YAC clone harbouring the SOD1 gene.

abstract：:In this study, we have characterized the mitochondrial diversity of 81 swine from Uganda. Median-joining network analysis of D-loop sequences from these individuals and others characterized in previous studies allowed us to determine that Ugandan pigs cluster with populations from the West (Europe/North Africa), Far E...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Noce A,Amills M,Manunza A,Muwanika V,Muhangi D,Aliro T,Mayega J,Ademun R,Sànchez A,Egbhalsaied S,Mercadé A,Masembe C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2015, cholesterol deficiency (CD) was reported for the first time as a new recessive defect in Holstein cattle. After GWAS mapping and identification of a disease-associated haplotype, a causative loss-of-function variant in APOB was identified. CD-clinically affected APOB homozygotes showed poor development, inter...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Häfliger IM,Hofstetter S,Mock T,Stettler MH,Meylan M,Mehinagic K,Stokar-Regenscheit N,Drögemüller C

更新日期：2019-08-01 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 Third International Workshop on Lymphocyte Alloantigens of the Horse was held on 25-27 April 1984 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Twelve laboratories from five countries participated. The principal purpose of this Workshop was to determine the phenotypic and gene frequencies of the 10 equine lymphocyte antigens (...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Antczak DF,Bailey E,Barger B,Guerin G,Lazary S,McClure J,Mottironi VD,Symons R,Templeton J,Varewyck H

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic differentiation and phylogenetic relationships of 18 indigenous goat populations from seven East Asian countries were analysed based on data obtained from 26 microsatellite DNA markers. The mean number of alleles (MNA) per population ranged from 2.5 to 7.6, with an average of 5.8. Genetic variability estim...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Nomura K,Ishii K,Dadi H,Takahashi Y,Minezawa M,Cho CY,Sutopo,Faruque MO,Nyamsamba D,Amano T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of triploidization in fish is a very common practice in aquaculture. Although triploidization has been applied successfully in many salmonid species, little is known about the epigenetic mechanisms implicated in the maintenance of the normal functions of the new polyploid genome. By means of methylation-...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Covelo-Soto L,Leunda PM,Pérez-Figueroa A,Morán P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral convergent strabismus with exophthalmus (BCSE) is a widespread inherited eye defect in several cattle populations. Its progressive condition often leads to blindness in affected cattle and decreases their usability. Furthermore, the German animal welfare laws prevent breeding with animals whose progeny are e...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Mömke S,Fink S,Wöhlke A,Drögemüller C,Distl O

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:To understand the origin and genetic diversity of Italian horses, mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences were generated for 163 horses from seven breeds. Sequence analysis of a 480-bp segment revealed a total of 84 haplotypes with 57 polymorphic sites, indicating multiple maternal origins and high genetic diversity. Compa...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Bigi D,Perrotta G,Zambonelli P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWASes) have been performed to search for genomic regions associated with residual feed intake (RFI); however inconsistent results have been obtained. A meta-analysis may improve these results by decreasing the false-positive rate. Additionally, pathway analysis is a powerful tool that...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Duarte DAS,Newbold CJ,Detmann E,Silva FF,Freitas PHF,Veroneze R,Duarte MS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work on Belgian Blue cattle revealed that an 11 base pair (bp) deletion within the bovine myostatin gene (GDF8) is associated with the double-muscled phenotype seen in this breed. Investigations focusing on other European breeds known to show double-muscling identified several mutations within the coding region of the...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Smith JA,Lewis AM,Wiener P,Williams JL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cattle (Bos taurus), there is evidence of more than 50 alleles of BoLA-DQB (bovine lymphocyte antigen DQB) that are distributed across at least five DQB loci, making this region one of the most complex in the BoLA gene family. In this study, DQB alleles were analysed for the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), another...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Sena L,Schneider MP,Brenig BB,Honeycutt RL,Honeycutt DA,Womack JE,Skow LC

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:The extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between genetic loci has implications for both association studies and the accuracy of genomic prediction. To characterise the persistence of LD in diverse sheep breeds, two SNP genotyping platforms were used. First, existing SNP genotypes from 63 breeds obtained using the ovi...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Kijas JW,Porto-Neto L,Dominik S,Reverter A,Bunch R,McCulloch R,Hayes BJ,Brauning R,McEwan J,International Sheep Genomics Consortium.

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:This review presents a broader approach to the implementation and study of runs of homozygosity (ROH) in animal populations, focusing on identifying and characterizing ROH and their practical implications. ROH are continuous homozygous segments that are common in individuals and populations. The ability of these homoz...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Peripolli E,Munari DP,Silva MVGB,Lima ALF,Irgang R,Baldi F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important aim in animal breeding is the improvement of growth and meat quality traits. Previous studies have demonstrated that genetic variants in the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene have a relatively large effect on human obesity as well as on body composition in rodents and, more recently, in livestock...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Jevsinek Skok D,Kunej T,Kovac M,Malovrh S,Potocnik K,Petric N,Zgur S,Dovc P,Horvat S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new alleles at the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) mannose-6-phosphate isomerase (E.C. 5.3.1.8, MPI) locus are proposed to account for phenotypes observed after starch gel electrophoresis and enzymatic staining of red cell lysates and tissues. Population data from various wild and domestic rabbit populations are p...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Vieira J,Ferrand N

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：:Restriction site heteroplasmy involving the enzymes NcoI and XbaI was detected in the mitochondrial DNAs of two individuals of the marine fish Sciaenops ocellatus. This represents only the sixth documented example of mitochondrial DNA restriction site heteroplasmy in animals. Two heteroplasmic individuals were found i...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Gold JR,Richardson LR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are differences in performance between genetic groups of channel catfish, identification and management of these groups is difficult because catfish strains look alike and individuals cannot be tagged efficiently. Thus, US catfish producers have not been able to objectively identify fish from different ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Waldbieser GC,Wolters WR

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighty-nine Thoroughbred horses that had won Graded Stakes races in North America were genotyped with the Illumina Equine SNP50 bead chip. Association tests using PLINK to determine whether any SNPs were associated with optimum racing distance (7 furlongs and under compared to 8-10 furlongs) identified...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Binns MM,Boehler DA,Lambert DH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) biogenesis is determined mainly by Drosha, Dicer and Argonaute2 (Ago2). Different breeds of pigs with vast differences in serum cortisol level demonstrate distinct profiles of hepatic miRNA expression. As yet, little is known about whether glucocorticoid contributes to the breed differences in miRNA b...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Li R,Jia Y,Zou H,Zhao R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain 2 (NOD2) has been reported to be a candidate gene for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection in a Bos taurus × Bos indicus mixed breed based on a genetic association with the c.2197T>C single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). Nevertheless, this SNP has also b...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Ruiz-Larrañaga O,Garrido JM,Iriondo M,Manzano C,Molina E,Koets AP,Rutten VP,Juste RA,Estonba A

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：: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：:Intra-population variation was assessed in 1970 chickens from 64 populations using 29 autosomal microsatellites. On average, 95% of the loci were polymorphic across populations. In 1456 (c. 83%) of the 1763 combinations of populations and polymorphic loci, no departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was observed. On ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Granevitze Z,Hillel J,Chen GH,Cuc NT,Feldman M,Eding H,Weigend S

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：: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：:We used the data from a recently performed genome-wide association study using the Illumina Equine SNP50 beadchip for the detection of copy number variants (CNVs) and examined their association with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN), an important equine upper airway disease compromising performance. A total of 2797...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Dupuis MC,Zhang Z,Durkin K,Charlier C,Lekeux P,Georges M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00