Identification of key pathways and genes related to the development of hair follicle cycle in cashmere goats

J Wang, J Sui, C Mao, X Li, X Chen, C Liang, X Wang… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of hair follicle in cashmere goats shows significant periodic change, as
with mice and humans. However, for cashmere goat with double-coat, the periodic change …

GWAS and eQTL analysis identifies a SNP associated with both residual feed intake and GFRA2 expression in beef cattle

MG Higgins, C Fitzsimons, MC McClure, C McKenna… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Residual feed intake (RFI), a measure of feed efficiency, is an important economic and
environmental trait in beef production. Selection of low RFI (feed efficient) cattle could …

Liver proteomics unravel the metabolic pathways related to feed efficiency in beef cattle

LD Fonseca, JP Eler, MA Pereira, AF Rosa… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Improving nutrient utilization efficiency is essential for livestock, given the current scenario of
increasing demand for animal protein and sustainable resource use. In this context …

Genome-wide scan for runs of homozygosity identifies candidate genes in three pig breeds

R Xie, L Shi, J Liu, T Deng, L Wang, Y Liu, F Zhao - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are the DNA segments that harbor
uninterrupted stretches of homozygous genotype segments in the genome that are present …

Genetic parameter estimates for feed efficiency and dry matter intake and their association with growth and carcass traits in Nellore cattle

MHA Santana, GAO Junior, RC Gomes, SL Silva… - Livestock Science, 2014 - Elsevier
This study estimated genetic parameters and (co) variance components for dry matter intake
(DMI), average daily gain (ADG), feed conversion rate (FCR), residual feed intake (RFI) …

AgReg-SNPdb: A database of regulatory SNPs for agricultural animal species

S Klees, F Heinrich, AO Schmitt, M Gültas - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Regulatory SNPs (rSNPs) are SNPs located within promoter regions that
have a high potential to alter gene expression by changing the binding affinity of …

Polymorphisms in SHISA3 and RFC3 genes and their association with feed conversion ratio in Hu sheep

C Lin, W Wang, D Zhang, K Huang, X Li… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In animal husbandry, feed efficiency is a crucial economic trait. In this study, the general
linear model was used to perform association analysis for various genotypes and feed …

Nutrient utilisation and methane emissions in Sahiwal calves differing in residual feed intake

VC Sharma, MS Mahesh, M Mohini, C Datt… - Archives of animal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The presented study aimed at investigating the residual feed intake (RFI) of Sahiwal calves,
nutrient utilisation as affected by RFI and its relationship with methane (CH4) emissions and …

Buffalo heifers selected for lower residual feed intake have lower feed intake, better dietary nitrogen utilisation and reduced enteric methane production

VK Sharma, SS Kundu, C Datt, S Prusty… - Journal of animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study was conducted to evaluate the utilisation of the residual feed intake (RFI) as a
feed efficiency selection tool and its relationship with methane emissions. Eighteen Murrah …

Proteomics advances in beef production

M Gagaoua, Y Zhu - Food Proteomics, 2022 - Elsevier
This chapter aimed to cover the recent advances and available knowledge on the
applications of proteomics as a high-throughput methodology in the field of animal …