期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (1)
Genomic selection uses genome-wide molecular marker data to predict an animal's genetic value in the breeding program. This study's objective was to p......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (4)
Litter traits are important in the development of production and economic profits of pigs. The object of this study was to perform genome-wide associa......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (3)
Ammonia nitrogen is a major pollutant that causes great physiological harm to crustaceans in culture. In this study, we conducted a 28 day chronic amm......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (4)
Liancheng white duck has two phenotypic traits: white feather and black beak-black foot, but the genes controlling these phenotypic traits are unknown......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (6)
Inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity are serious problems in local Chinese pig breeds. Runs of homozygosity (ROHs) are contiguous lengths of homoz......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (2)
The multiple teats trait is common in many species of mammals and is considered related to lactation ability in swine. However, in Hu sheep, related g......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (6)
As key regulators, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a crucial role in the ruminant mammary gland. However, the function of lncRNAs in milk fat synt......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (2)
Body traits are important economic factors in the pig industry. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been widely applied using high-density ge......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (3)
The Yangtze River Delta white goat is a unique goat species that can produce superior-quality brush hair. The formation of this brush hair is controll......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (6)
Tail type is an important trait that influences meat quality and consumer purchasing attitudes. As a novel genetic marker, the study of genomic copy n......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (6)
Principal component regression (PC regression) is a useful method developed for prediction based on a dimension-reducing strategy. Generally, the prin......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (1)
Genes undergo distinct selective sweeps, and also interact and coevolve, forming the bases of complex phenotypic traits. Therefore, the identification......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (4)
Imprinted genes - exhibiting parent-specific transcription - play essential roles in the process of mammalian development and growth. Skeletal muscle ......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (3)
The melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R), encoded by the classical extension (E) coat color locus, is expressed on the surface of melanocytes and plays a cr......
期刊: ANIMAL GENETICS, 2022; 53 (1)
Bohai Black (BHB) cattle, one of eight representative indigenous breeds in China, is well known for its high resistance to disease, endurance under un......