Sustainable intensification of beef production in the tropics: The role of genetically improving sexual precocity of heifers

GA Fernandes Júnior, DA Silva, LFM Mota, TP de Melo… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tropical pasture-based beef production systems play a vital role in global
food security. The importance of promoting sustainable intensification of such systems has …

Maternal glycemia in pregnancy is longitudinally associated with blood DNAm variation at the FSD1L gene from birth to 5 years of age

A Taschereau, K Thibeault, C Allard… - Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Background In utero exposure to maternal hyperglycemia has been associated with an
increased risk for the development of chronic diseases in later life. These predispositions …

[HTML][HTML] The genomic characteristics affect phenotypic diversity from the perspective of genetic improvement of economic traits

J Chu, Y Ma, H Song, Q Zhao, X Wei, Y Yan, S Fan… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
The genetic improvement of economic traits suggests that chicken is an excellent model for
exploring the genetic changes and molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic diversity …

Detection of genome-wide copy number variation in Murrah buffaloes

H Kumar, M Panigrahi, M G. Strillacci… - Animal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Riverine Buffaloes, especially the Murrah breed because of their adaptability to
harsh climatic conditions, is farmed in many countries to convert low-quality feed into …

[HTML][HTML] Heterozygosity and homozygosity regions affect reproductive success and the loss of reproduction: A case study with litter traits in pigs

Z Chen, Z Zhang, Z Wang, Z Zhang, Q Wang… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Runs of heterozygosity (ROHet) and homozygosity (ROH) harbor useful information related
to traits of interest. There is a lack of investigating the effect of ROHet and ROH on …

Runs of homozygosity analysis reveals consensus homozygous regions affecting production traits in Chinese Simmental beef cattle

G Zhao, Y Liu, Q Niu, X Zheng, T Zhang, Z Wang, L Xu… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Genomic regions with a high frequency of runs of homozygosity (ROH) are
related to important traits in farm animals. We carried out a comprehensive analysis of ROH …

Overview of SNPs Associated with Trans Fat Content in Cow's Milk

O Bykova, O Shevkunov, O Kostyunina - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lipids consumed with milk derivatives are one of the main parts of the human diet. Trans
fatty acids in milk are causing a debate about their impact on the incidence of cardiovascular …

Genome-wide association study on reproductive traits using imputation-based whole-genome sequence data in Yorkshire pigs

J Sun, J Xiao, Y Jiang, Y Wang, M Cao, J Wei, T Yu… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Reproductive traits have a key impact on production efficiency in the pig industry. It is
necessary to identify the genetic structure of potential genes that influence reproductive …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating genome-wide association study and pathway analysis reveals physiological aspects affecting heifer early calving defined at different ages in …

LFM Mota, AB Carvajal, PA Bernardes, ME Buzanskas… - Genomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Heifer early calving (HC) plays a key role in beef cattle herds' economic sustainability and
profitability by reducing production costs and generation intervals. However, the genetic …

Effect of LHCGR and FSHR gene polymorphisms on fertility traits and milk yield of cross-bred dairy cows in Sri Lanka

DI Abeygunawardana, RMSBK Ranasinghe… - Animal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis of fertility genes will be useful in improving
the genetic potential of dairy cows. A population of 142 cross-bred dairy cows was screened …