Background After domestication, the evolution of phenotypically-varied sheep breeds has
generated rich biodiversity. This wide phenotypic variation arises as a result of hidden …

As the expectation of the influence of climate change scenarios increases, the effect of heat
stress on small ruminants is significant due to their importance for smallholders in stressful …

Genetic basis of fat deposition in sheep tail have not been completely elucidated yet.
Understanding the genetic mechanisms controlling fat-tail size can improve breeding …

Sheep are considered as a major contributor of global food security. Moreover, sheep
preweaning growth traits as well as in vivo carcass composition traits such as ultrasonic …

Recent studies have shown that DNA methylation is critical for fruit ripening and leaf
senescence, but its effect on flowering is unclear. This study investigated the dynamic …

Background Nowadays, both customers and producers prefer thin-tailed fat sheep. To
effectively breed for this phenotype, it is important to identify candidate genes and uncover …

Magnaporthe grisea is one of the most destructive pathogen that encounters a challenge to
rice production around the worldwide. The unique properties of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) …

Abstract Background Hu sheep and Tibetan sheep in China are characterized by fat tails
and thin tails, respectively. Several transcriptomes have been conducted in different sheep …

In the present study, an estuarine benthic fish, Mugilogobius chulae (M. chulae), was
exposed to hypoxia, atorvastatin (ATV), a highly used and widely detected lipid-lowering …

Background Retained placenta (RP) is a prevalent disorder in cattle with many health-
related and economic costs for the farm owners. Its etiology has not been clarified yet and …