Effects of DNA methylation on gene expression and phenotypic traits in cattle: A review

J Zhang, H Sheng, C Hu, F Li, B Cai, Y Ma… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gene expression in cells is determined by the epigenetic state of chromatin. Therefore, the
study of epigenetic changes is very important to understand the regulatory mechanism of …

Harnessing male germline epigenomics for the genetic improvement in cattle

X Wang, W Li, X Feng, J Li, GE Liu, L Fang… - Journal of animal science …, 2023 - Springer
Sperm is essential for successful artificial insemination in dairy cattle, and its quality can be
influenced by both epigenetic modification and epigenetic inheritance. The bovine germline …

Whole-genome DNA methylation analysis of the sperm in relation to bull fertility

Y Zhang, CB de Lima, R Labrecque… - Reproduction, 2023 - rep.bioscientifica.com
In brief Bull fertility is an important economic trait, this study identified some DNA methylation
biomarkers that are associated with bull fertility. Abstract Subfertile bulls may cause huge …

Multi-breed genomic predictions and functional variants for fertility of tropical bulls

LR Porto-Neto, PA Alexandre, NJ Hudson, J Bertram… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Worldwide, most beef breeding herds are naturally mated. As such, the ability to identify and
select fertile bulls is critically important for both productivity and genetic improvement. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies for sperm traits in Assaf sheep breed

M Serrano, M Ramón, JH Calvo, MÁ Jiménez, F Freire… - Animal, 2021 - Elsevier
Sperm quality traits routinely collected by artificial insemination (AI) center for rams progeny
test are related with the capacity to produce sperm doses for AI and, in more or less grade …

Cross-Species Comparative DNA Methylation Reveals Novel Insights into Complex Trait Genetics among Cattle, Sheep, and Goats

S Chen, S Liu, S Shi, H Yin, Y Tang… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The cross-species characterization of evolutionary changes in the functional genome can
facilitate the translation of genetic findings across species and the interpretation of the …

Effects of sperm DNA methylation on domesticated animal performance and perspectives on cross-species epigenetics in animal breeding

S Mi, S Chen, W Li, L Fang, Y Yu - Animal Frontiers, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Effects of sperm DNA methylation on domesticated animal performance and perspectives on
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Comparative analyses of sperm dna methylomes among three commercial pig breeds reveal vital hypomethylated Regions associated with spermatogenesis and …

S Chen, S Liu, S Mi, W Li, S Zhang, X Ding… - Frontiers in genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Identifying epigenetic changes is essential for an in-depth understanding of phenotypic
diversity and pigs as the human medical model for anatomizing complex diseases …

An association weight matrix identified biological pathways associated with bull fertility traits in a multi‐breed population

WLA Tan, NJ Hudson, LR Porto Neto… - Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Using seven indicator traits, we investigated the genetic basis of bull fertility and predicted
gene interactions from SNP associations. We used percent normal sperm as the key …

Coordinated alternation of DNA methylation and alternative splicing of PBRM1 affect bovine sperm structure and motility

C Yang, Y Xiao, X Wang, X Wei, J Wang, Y Gao… - Epigenetics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT DNA methylation and gene alternative splicing drive spermatogenesis. In
screening DNA methylation markers and transcripts related to sperm motility, semen from …