The chicken continues to hold its position as a leading model organism within many areas of
research, as well as being a major source of protein for human consumption. The First …

The FANTOM web resource (http://fantom. gsc. riken. jp/) was developed to provide easy
access to the data produced by the FANTOM project. It contains the most complete and …

Gene expression profiles in homologous tissues have been observed to be different
between species, which may be due to differences between species in the gene expression …

In birds, sex is genetically determined; however, the molecular mechanism is not well-
understood. The avian Z sex chromosome (chrZ) lacks whole chromosome inactivation, in …

Background More than half of human protein-coding genes have an alternative transcription
start site (TSS). We aimed to investigate the contribution of alternative TSSs to the acute …

Rumpless chickens exhibit an abnormality in their tail development. The genetics and
biology of this trait has been studied for decades to illustrate a broad variation in both the …

Accurate mapping of transcription start sites (TSSs) is key for understanding transcriptional
regulation. However, current protocols for genome-wide TSS profiling are laborious and/or …

Uric acid is the main means of nitrogen excretion in uricotelic vertebrates (birds and reptiles)
and the end product of purine catabolism in humans and a few other mammals. While …

The overall aim of the Ovine FAANG project is to provide a comprehensive annotation of the
new highly contiguous sheep reference genome sequence (Oar rambouillet v1. 0). Mapping …

Tissue-specific gene expression is fundamental in development and evolution, and is
mediated by transcription factors and by the cis-regulatory regions (enhancers) that they …