The growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis plays fundamental roles
during development, maturation, and aging. Members of this axis, composed of various …

Goats are important livestock species worldwide, due to their valuable commodities,
including meat, milk, dairy products, fleece, and skin. Most of the economically important …

The genetics of reproduction is poorly understood because the heritabilities of traits currently
recorded are low. To elucidate the genetics underlying reproduction in beef cattle, we …

A genome wide scan was performed on a total of 2093 Italian Holstein proven bulls
genotyped with 50K single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), with the objective of …

Since domestication, the genome landscape of cattle has been changing due to natural and
artificial selection forces resulting in several general and specialized cattle breeds of the …

Abstract Background Use of RNA-Seq presents unique benefits in terms of gene expression
analysis because of its wide dynamic range and ability to identify functional sequence …

Pregnancy associated plasma protein A2 (PAPP-A2) is a protease of insulin-like growth
factor binding protein 5 and is receiving increasing attention for its roles in pregnancy and …

A current challenge in genetic improvement of cattle is to identify genomic selection
strategies that could work across breeds. Breed differences, scarcity of data, and lack of …

Copy number variation (CNV) is a major type of genomic structural variation. We
investigated their impacts on goat dairy traits using the CaprineSNP50 array. From 120 …

Puberty onset is a multifactorial process influenced by genetic determinants and
environmental conditions, especially nutritional status. Genes, genetic variations, and …