A recent progress on stature genetics has revealed simple genetic architecture in livestock
animals in contrast to that in humans. PLAG1 and/or NCAPG‐LCORL, both of which are …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasingly recognized burden for patients and health
care systems with high (and growing) global incidence and prevalence, significant mortality …

Detecting the molecular basis of adaptation is one of the major questions in population
genetics. With the advance in sequencing technologies, nearly complete interrogation of …

Metabolomics is the emerging field of metabolome analysis that identify, quantify, and
characterize a large number of metabolites in biological samples (eg, milk, plasma, and …

The availability of high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes, such as
BoveineHD770K, provides opportunities to identify genomic regions associated with traits in …

The goals of the current work were to analyse the population structure of 11 Spanish ovine
breeds and to detect genomic regions that may have been targeted by selection. A total of …

Background The importance of the adrenal gland in regard to lactation and reproduction in
cattle has been recognized early. Caused by interest in animal welfare and the impact of …

One of the most important areas of research in the biology and genetics of farmed animals is
one of identification of genes controlling the expression of traits with practical importance for …

Metabolomics is a multidisciplinary approach that combines several disciplines to
characterise metabolomes in terms of the identification and quantification of all detectable …

Objectives of this study were characterize residual feed intake (RFI) in finishing steers to
examine relationships with performance, feed efficiency, feeding behavior traits, and blood …