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

Nutrient sulfate is essential for numerous physiological functions in mammalian growth and
development. Accordingly, disruptions to any of the molecular processes that maintain the …

Back pain is a common and debilitating disorder with largely unknown underlying biology.
Here we report a genome-wide association study of back pain using diagnoses assigned in …

Height is a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait. Recent genome-wide association
studies (GWAS) have revealed that at least 180 genetic variants influence adult height …

The recent availability of a genome‐wide SNP array for the goat genome dramatically
increases the power to investigate aspects of genetic diversity and to conduct genome‐wide …

Sulfate is an important anion as sulfonation is essential in modulation of several
compounds, such as exogens, polysaccharide chains of proteoglycans, cholesterol or …

Sheep are among the major economically important livestock species worldwide because
the animals produce milk, wool, skin, and meat. In the present study, the Illumina …

The Persian cat is mainly characterized by an extremely brachycephalic face as part of the
standard body conformation. Despite the popularity, world-wide distribution, and economic …

Since domestication, farm animals have played a key role to increase the prosperity of
humankind, while animal welfare (AW) is debated even today. This paper aims to …

Sulfate is the fourth most abundant anion in human plasma but is not measured in clinical
practice and little is known about the consequences of sulfate deficiency. Nevertheless …