As a major source of protein in human diets, pig meat plays a crucial role in ensuring global
food security. Key determinants of meat production refer to the chemical and physical …

Breeding bulls are well suited to investigate inherited variation in male fertility because they
are genotyped and their reproductive success is monitored through semen analyses and …

To fully unlock the potential of pigs as both agricultural species for animal-based protein
food and biomedical models for human biology and disease, a comprehensive …

Sheep (Ovis aries) provide a vital source of protein and fibre to human populations. In
coming decades, as the pressures associated with rapidly changing climates increase …

Hybrid mapping is a powerful approach to efficiently identify and characterize genes
regulated through mechanisms in cis. In this study, using reciprocal crosses of the …

Background Eurasian pigs have undergone lineage admixture throughout history. It has
been confirmed that the genes of indigenous pig breeds in China have been introduced into …

Structural variants (SVs), such as deletions (DELs) and insertions (INSs), contribute
substantially to pig genetic diversity and phenotypic variation. Using a library of SVs …

Transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) is a powerful strategy for elucidating the
molecular mechanisms behind the genetic loci of complex phenotypes. However, TWAS …

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs with diverse functions, and
previous studies have reported that circRNAs are involved in the growth and development of …

In humans, variation of the ATP7A gene may cause cranial exostosis, which is similar to
“human horn,” but the function of the ATP7A gene in sheep is still unknown. Tissue …