Nutrition represents one of the greatest environmental determinants of an individual's health.
While nutrient quantity and quality impart direct effects, the interaction of nutrition with …

Monoallelically expressed genes that exert their phenotypic effect in a parent-of-origin
specific manner are considered to be subject to genomic imprinting, the most well …

C andidate gene is a powerful approach to study gene-trait association and offers valuable
information for genetic improvement using marker-assisted selection. The current work …

The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis is fundamental for mammalian growth and
development. However, no comprehensive reference data on gene expression across …

Insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (IGF2R) is responsible for degradation of the muscle
development initiator, IGF2, and thus it can be used as a marker for selection strategies in …

Simple Summary Analysis of the genomic regions under consideration can provide
important insights into the genetic basis of complex traits. In this study, we utilized a high …

Simple Summary South Africa is one of the major goat producing countries on the African
continent. However, despite a large number of goats being produced, there is still a growing …

The phenomenon of genomic imprinting, whereby a subset of mammalian genes display
parent‐of‐origin‐specific monoallelic expression, is one of the most active areas of …

With the development of genomic, transcriptomic and bioinformatic tools, recent advances in
molecular technologies have significantly impacted bovine bioscience research and are …

In this study, we evaluated an admixed South African Simbra crossbred population, as well
as the Brahman (Indicine) and Simmental (Taurine) ancestor populations to understand their …