Uncertainty in the mating strategy of honeybees causes bias and unreliability in the estimates of genetic parameters
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by Tristan Kistler, Evert W. Brascamp, Benjamin Basso, Piter Bijma and Florence Phocas
1w ago
Breeding queens may be mated with drones that are produced by a single drone-producing queen (DPQ), or a group of sister-DPQs, but often only the dam of the DPQ(s) is reported in the pedigree. Furthermore, dat ..read more
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Estimating genetic parameters of digital behavior traits and their relationship with production traits in purebred pigs
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by Mary Kate Hollifield, Ching-Yi Chen, Eric Psota, Justin Holl, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal
1w ago
With the introduction of digital phenotyping and high-throughput data, traits that were previously difficult or impossible to measure directly have become easily accessible, offering the opportunity to enhance ..read more
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Constructing eRNA-mediated gene regulatory networks to explore the genetic basis of muscle and fat-relevant traits in pigs
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by Chao Wang, Choulin Chen, Bowen Lei, Shenghua Qin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Kui Li, Song Zhang and Yuwen Liu
2w ago
Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) play a crucial role in transcriptional regulation. While significant progress has been made in understanding epigenetic regulation mediated by eRNAs, research on the construction of eRNA ..read more
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Mendelian randomization analysis of 34,497 German Holstein cows to infer causal associations between milk production and health traits
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by Helen Schneider, Valentin Haas, Ana-Marija Krizanac, Clemens Falker-Gieske, Johannes Heise, Jens Tetens, Georg Thaller and Jörn Bennewitz
2w ago
Claw diseases and mastitis represent the most important health issues in dairy cattle with a frequently mentioned connection to milk production. Although many studies have aimed at investigating this connectio ..read more
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Genetic introgression from commercial European pigs to the indigenous Chinese Lijiang breed and associated changes in phenotypes
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by Ruifei Yang, Siqi Jin, Suyun Fang, Dawei Yan, Hao Zhang, Jingru Nie, Jinqiao Liu, Minjuan Lv, Bo Zhang and Xinxing Dong
2w ago
Gene flow is crucial for enhancing economic traits of livestock. In China, breeders have used hybridization strategies for decades to improve livestock performance. Here, we performed whole-genome sequencing o ..read more
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Microbiome composition as a potential predictor of longevity in rabbits
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by Iliyass Biada, Noelia Ibáñez-Escriche, Agustín Blasco, Cristina Casto-Rebollo and Maria A. Santacreu
2w ago
Longevity and resilience are two fundamental traits for more sustainable livestock production. These traits are closely related, as resilient animals tend to have longer lifespans. An interesting criterion for ..read more
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Whole-genome resequencing of Chinese indigenous sheep provides insight into the genetic basis underlying climate adaptation
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by Meilin Jin, Huihua Wang, Gang Liu, Jian Lu, Zehu Yuan, Taotao Li, Engming Liu, Zengkui Lu, Lixin Du and Caihong Wei
2w ago
Chinese indigenous sheep are valuable resources with unique features and characteristics. They are distributed across regions with different climates in mainland China; however, few reports have analyzed the e ..read more
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Effect of temperature-humidity index on the evolution of trade-offs between fertility and production in dairy cattle
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by Aurélie Vinet, Sophie Mattalia, Roxane Vallée, Christine Bertrand, Anne Barbat, Julie Promp, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano and Didier Boichard
3w ago
In the current context of climate change, livestock production faces many challenges to improve the sustainability of systems. Dairy farming, in particular, must find ways to select animals that will be able t ..read more
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A common regulatory haplotype doubles lactoferrin concentration in milk
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by Thomas J. Lopdell, Alexander J. Trevarton, Janelle Moody, Claire Prowse-Wilkins, Sarah Knowles, Kathryn Tiplady, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Michael E. Goddard, Richard J. Spelman, Klaus Lehnert, Russell G. Snell, Stephen R. Davis and Mathew D. Littlejohn
3w ago
Bovine lactoferrin (Lf) is an iron absorbing whey protein with antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activity. Lactoferrin is economically valuable and has an extremely variable concentration in milk, partl ..read more
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Estimation of genetic parameters for the implementation of selective breeding in commercial insect production
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by Laura Skrubbeltrang Hansen, Stine Frey Laursen, Simon Bahrndorff, Morten Kargo, Jesper Givskov Sørensen, Goutam Sahana, Hanne Marie Nielsen and Torsten Nygaard Kristensen
1M ago
There is a burgeoning interest in using insects as a sustainable source of food and feed, particularly by capitalising on various waste materials and by-products that are typically considered of low value. Enh ..read more
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