Pricing of Hanwoo beef in the Korean market is primarily based on meat quality, and
particularly on marbling score. The ability to accurately predict marbling score early in the …

Context A healthy sleep pattern has been related to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM). Objective We aimed to identify the metabolomic signature for the healthy sleep …

Noise‐induced hearing loss (NIHL) seriously affects the life quality of humans and causes
huge economic losses to society. To identify novel genetic loci involved in NIHL, we …

Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) affect a large proportion of pregnancies and represent
an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Yet the pathophysiology of APOs is …

Improving knowledge on the causative polymorphisms or genes regulating the expression of
milk quantitative and qualitative traits and their interconnections plays a major role in dairy …

Objective: Age at menarche (AAM) is determined by the overall duration of endocrine-tissue
sex hormone exposure levels. Osteoporosis, the most common metabolic bone disease, is …

Background Recent advancement in speciation biology proposes that genetic differentiation
across the whole genome (genomic differentiation, GD) may occur at the beginning of a …

The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is one of the major pest insects in diverse crop
plants, including maize, rice, and cotton. While the fall armyworm is native to North and …

In genome‐wide association studies, quality control (QC) of genotypes is important to avoid
spurious results. It is also important to maintain long‐term data integrity, particularly in …

Background Tinnitus is an auditory phantom sensation in the absence of an acoustic
stimulus, which affects nearly 15% of the population. Excessive noise exposure is one of the …