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：:A putative functional mutation (rs109231213) near PLAG1 (BTA14) associated with stature was studied in beef cattle. Data from 8199 Bos taurus, Bos indicus and Tropical Composite cattle were used to test the associations between rs109231213 and various phenotypes. Further, 23 496 SNPs located on BTA14 were tested for a...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Fortes MR,Kemper K,Sasazaki S,Reverter A,Pryce JE,Barendse W,Bunch R,McCulloch R,Harrison B,Bolormaa S,Zhang YD,Hawken RJ,Goddard ME,Lehnert SA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD3) is a major antioxidant enzyme that protects organs from damage by reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, the SOD3 gene was identified and characterized from the freshwater mussel Hyriopsis cumingii (Hc-SOD3). The cDNA sequence consists of 763 bp, encoding a protein of 2...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Wang GL,Li XL,Li JL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal management of the commercially important, but mostly over-exploited, pelagic tunas, albacore (Thunnus alalunga Bonn., 1788) and Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT; Thunnus thynnus L., 1758), requires a better understanding of population structure than has been provided by previous molecular methods. Despite numero...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Albaina A,Iriondo M,Velado I,Laconcha U,Zarraonaindia I,Arrizabalaga H,Pardo MA,Lutcavage M,Grant WS,Estonba A

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Based on pairwise identity-by-state (IBS) distances and whole-genome SNP data, kinship was investigated in the Israeli Holstein population. A total of 789 bulls, including most of the artificial insemination sires in service since 1987, were genotyped by the BovineSNP50 BeadChip. This sample included up to five genera...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Seroussi E,Glick G,Shirak A,Ezra E,Zeron Y,Ron M,Weller JI

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Among all livestock species, cattle have a prominent status as they have contributed greatly to the economy, nutrition and culture from the beginning of farming societies until the present time. The origins and diversity of local cattle breeds have been widely assessed. However, there are still some regions for which ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Mahgoub O,Babiker HA,Kadim IT,Al-Kindi M,Hassan S,Al-Marzooqi W,Eltahir YE,Al-Abri MA,Al-Khayat A,Al-Sinani KR,Hilal Al-Khanjari H,Costa V,Chen S,Beja-Pereira A

更新日期：2013-06-01 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

abstract：:In this study, we performed a sequence characterization of the duck melanocortin 1 receptor (alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor) (MC1R) gene to analyze the relationship between MC1R polymorphism and the extended black variant in domestic ducks based on the extended black (E) and non-extended black (e(+) ) a...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Yu W,Wang C,Xin Q,Li S,Feng Y,Peng X,Gong Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：:Animal growth relative to food energy input is of key importance to agricultural production. Several recent studies highlighted genetic markers associated with food conversion efficiency in beef cattle, and there is now a requirement to validate these associations in additional populations and to assess their potentia...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Littlejohn M,Grala T,Sanders K,Walker C,Waghorn G,Macdonald K,Spelman R,Davis S,Snell R

更新日期：2012-12-01 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 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：:Swiss Fleckvieh was established in 1970 as a composite of Simmental (SI) and Red Holstein Friesian (RHF) cattle. Breed composition is currently reported based on pedigree information. Information on a large number of molecular markers potentially provides more accurate information. For the analysis, we used Illumina B...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Frkonja A,Gredler B,Schnyder U,Curik I,Sölkner J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping for susceptibility to a Salmonella Abortusovis vaccinal strain was performed using an experimental design involving 30 Romane sheep sire families (1216 progenies). Nine QTL corresponding to bacterial load, weight variations and antibody response criteria were mapped on eight chrom...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Lantier I,Moreno CR,Berthon P,Sallé G,Pitel F,Schibler L,Gautier-Bouchardon AV,Boivin R,Weisbecker JL,François D,Bouix J,Cribiu EP,Elsen JM,Lantier F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses is the result of an interaction of genetic and environmental factors and shares many characteristics with human asthma. Many studies have suggested that the interleukin-4 receptor gene (IL4R) is associated with this disease, and a QTL region on chromosome 13 containing IL4R...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Klukowska-Rötzler J,Swinburne JE,Drögemüller C,Dolf G,Janda J,Leeb T,Gerber V

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systems involving many variables are important in population and quantitative genetics, for example, in multi-trait prediction of breeding values and in exploration of multi-locus associations. We studied departures of the joint distribution of sets of genetic variables from independence. New measures of association b...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Gianola D,Manfredi E,Simianer H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centromere mapping is an essential prerequisite for our understanding of the composition and structure of genomes. For centromere mapping, in two meiogynogenetic families of the Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai), we screened 97 microsatellite markers that cover all linkage groups from a currently available abal...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Nie H,Li Q,Kong L

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Novel high-throughput deep sequencing technology has dramatically changed the study of the functional complexity of transcriptomes. Here, we report the first use of this technology for analysing the wide range of transcriptional changes in porcine adipose tissue from different breeds and different growth phases in a m...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Li XJ,Yang H,Li GX,Zhang GH,Cheng J,Guan H,Yang GS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stearoyl-CoA desaturase (delta-9-desaturase; SCD) gene is a candidate gene for fatty acid composition. It is located on pig SSC14 in a region where quantitative trait loci (QTL) for fatty acid composition were previously detected in a Duroc purebred population. The objective of the present study was to fine map th...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Uemoto Y,Nakano H,Kikuchi T,Sato S,Ishida M,Shibata T,Kadowaki H,Kobayashi E,Suzuki K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene encoding fibrillin-1 (FBN1), a component of the extracellular microfibril, cause Marfan syndrome (MFS). Frequent observation of cattle with a normal withers height, but lower body weight than age-matched normal cattle, was recently reported among cattle sired by phenotypically normal Bull A, in J...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Hirano T,Matsuhashi T,Kobayashi N,Watanabe T,Sugimoto Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two previously reported non-synonymous coding single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of bovine stearoyl-CoA desaturase (delta-9-desaturase) (SCD) (c.878C>T) and fatty acid synthase (FASN) (g:17924A>G) were assessed for their associations with 72 individual and 12 groups of fatty acids in brisket adipose tissue of 223 ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Li C,Aldai N,Vinsky M,Dugan ME,McAllister TA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A whole-genome scan was carried out in New Zealand and Australia to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for live animal and carcass composition traits and meat quality attributes in cattle. Backcross calves (385 heifers and 398 steers) were generated, with Jersey and Limousin backgrounds. The New Zealand cattle were ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Esmailizadeh AK,Morris CA,Cullen NG,Kruk ZA,Lines DS,Hickey SM,Dobbie PM,Bottema CD,Pitchford WS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative trait locus (QTL) for boar fat androstenone levels has been identified near the SSC7 centromere in a Large White × Meishan cross. Backcrosses were produced to isolate the Chinese haplotype in a European genetic background. The expression of 25 genes from the QTL region was studied in the testes and live...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Robic A,Fève K,Larzul C,Billon Y,van Son M,Liaubet L,Sarry J,Milan D,Grindflek E,Bidanel JP,Riquet J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is one of the most common causes of human bacterial enteritis worldwide. The molecular mechanisms of the host responses of chickens to C. jejuni colonization are not well understood. We have previously found differences in C. jejuni colonization at 7-days post-inoculation (pi) between two genetic ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Li XY,Swaggerty CL,Kogut MH,Chiang HI,Wang Y,Genovese KJ,He H,Pevzner IY,Zhou HJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：: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：:The KIT locus has been suggested to be a strong candidate region linked with whole-body roan in the F(2) population produced by intercrosses between Landrace and Korean Native pigs. In this manuscript, we report the finding of a novel alternative splicing event in the porcine KIT gene that results in the skipping of e...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Lim HT,Zhong T,Cho IC,Seo BY,Kim JH,Lee SS,Ko MS,Park HB,Kim BW,Lee JH,Jeon JT

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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：:Feed efficiency and growth are the most important traits in pig production, and very few genetic markers have been reported to be associated with feed efficiency. The suppressor of cytokine signalling-2 (encoded by SOCS2) is the main negative regulator of somatic growth, and the knockout of SOCS2 and naturally mutant ...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Chen Y,Piper E,Zhang Y,Tier B,Graser HU,Luxford BG,Moran C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships among 26 Chinese indigenous horse breeds and two introduced horse breeds by genotyping these animals for 27 microsatellite loci. The 26 Chinese horse breeds come from 12 different provinces. Two introduced horse breeds were the Mongolia B Horse from Mo...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Ling YH,Ma YH,Guan WJ,Cheng YJ,Wang YP,Han JL,Mang L,Zhao QJ,He XH,Pu YB,Fu BL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many genomic methodologies rely on the presence and extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between markers and genetic variants underlying traits of interest, but the extent of LD in the horse has yet to be comprehensively characterized. In this study, we evaluate the extent and decay of LD in a sample of 817 Thoroughb...

journal_title：Animal genetics

authors： Corbin LJ,Blott SC,Swinburne JE,Vaudin M,Bishop SC,Woolliams JA

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：: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：: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：: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