Applications of omics technology for livestock selection and improvement

D Chakraborty, N Sharma, S Kour, SS Sodhi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Conventional animal selection and breeding methods were based on the phenotypic
performance of the animals. These methods have limitations, particularly for sex-limited traits …

Aflatoxin resistance in maize: what have we learned lately?

ML Warburton, WP Williams - Advances in Botany, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aflatoxin contamination of maize grain is a huge economic and health problem, causing
death and increased disease burden in much of the developing world and income loss in …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study on milk production and somatic cell score for Thai dairy cattle using weighted single-step approach with random regression …

S Buaban, K Lengnudum, W Boonkum… - Journal of Dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
ABSTRACTS Genome-wide association studies are a powerful tool to identify genomic
regions and variants associated with phenotypes. However, only limited mutual confirmation …

Multi-tissue omics analyses reveal molecular regulatory networks for puberty in composite beef cattle

A Cánovas, A Reverter, KL DeAtley, RL Ashley… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Puberty is a complex physiological event by which animals mature into an adult capable of
sexual reproduction. In order to enhance our understanding of the genes and regulatory …

Optimizing low-cost genotyping and imputation strategies for genomic selection in Atlantic salmon

S Tsairidou, A Hamilton, D Robledo… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Genomic selection enables cumulative genetic gains in key production traits such as
disease resistance, playing an important role in the economic and environmental …

Genome-wide association and pathway analysis of feed efficiency in pigs reveal candidate genes and pathways for residual feed intake

DN Do, AB Strathe, T Ostersen, SD Pant… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Residual feed intake (RFI) is a complex trait that is economically important for livestock
production; however, the genetic and biological mechanisms regulating RFI are largely …

Prioritizing candidate genes for fertility in dairy cows using gene-based analysis, functional annotation and differential gene expression

Z Cai, B Guldbrandtsen, MS Lund, G Sahana - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background An unfavorable genetic correlation between milk production and fertility makes
simultaneous improvement of milk production and fertility difficult in cattle breeding. Rapid …

Exploring the genetic architecture and improving genomic prediction accuracy for mastitis and milk production traits in dairy cattle by mapping variants to hepatic …

L Fang, G Sahana, P Ma, G Su, Y Yu, S Zhang… - Genetics Selection …, 2017 - Springer
Background A better understanding of the genetic architecture of complex traits can
contribute to improve genomic prediction. We hypothesized that genomic variants …

Assessment of imputation from low-pass sequencing to predict merit of beef steers

WM Snelling, JL Hoff, JH Li, LA Kuehn, BN Keel… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Decreasing costs are making low coverage sequencing with imputation to a comprehensive
reference panel an attractive alternative to obtain functional variant genotypes that can …

A systems biology framework integrating GWAS and RNA-seq to shed light on the molecular basis of sperm quality in swine

M Gòdia, A Reverter, R González-Prendes… - Genetics Selection …, 2020 - Springer
Background Genetic pressure in animal breeding is sparking the interest of breeders for
selecting elite boars with higher sperm quality to optimize ejaculate doses and fertility rates …