In livestock industries, one sex is usually preferred because of the impact on the production
(eg milk from cows, eggs from laying hens). Furthermore, in pig production, the male-specific …

Boar taint is an unpleasant odor in male pig meat, mainly caused by androstenone, skatole,
and indole, which are deposited in the fat tissue. Piglet castration is the most common …

The sex-determining region on the Y chromosome (SRY) is thought to be the central genetic
element of male sex development in mammals. Pathogenic modifications within the SRY …

Copy number variation (CNV) related to complex traits, such as disease and quantitative
phenotype, is considered an important and wealthy source of genetic and phenotypic …

Testicular or ovotesticular disorders of sex development (DSD) in individuals with female
karyotype (XX) lacking the SRY gene has been observed in several mammalian species …

Simple Summary Freemartinism is the most common type of disorder of sex development
(DSD) in heifers; it is caused by the formation of placental anastomoses between …

Copy number variation (CNV) has been proved to be widespread in human, animal and
plant genomes. Together with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), CVNs play a key …

Background Copy number variation (CNV) has become an essential part of genetic
structural variation. Coiled‐coil domain containing 39 (CCDC39) is a gene that related to the …

Disorders of sex development (DSD) are rarely reported in cats, but this does not mean
these occurrences are an insignificant reproductive and health problem in this species. The …

Disorders of sex development (DSDs) are congenital malformations defined as
discrepancies between sex chromosomes and phenotypical sex. Testicular or ovotesticular …