Puberty is defined as when ovulation is accompanied by visual signs of estrus and subsequent normal luteal function. Age at puberty is an important trait in relation to …
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 …
A Eggen - Animal frontiers, 2012 - academic.oup.com
A significant gap exists between demand based on population growth and the current trajectory of yield; this is a point of leverage for genomics.• Although traditional breeding …
Z Cai, B Guldbrandtsen, MS Lund, G Sahana - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Improving resistance to mastitis, one of the costliest diseases in dairy production, has become an important objective in dairy cattle breeding. However, mastitis …
Abstract Background Asian buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) have an important socio-economic role. The majority of the population is situated in developing countries. Due to the scarce …
Harsh tropical environments impose serious challenges on poorly adapted species. In beef cattle, tropical adaptation in the form of temperature and disease resistance, coupled with …
B An, J Xia, T Chang, X Wang, L Xu, L Zhang… - Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We performed a genome‐wide association study to identify candidate genes for body measurement traits in 463 Wagyu beef cattle typed with the Illumina Bovine HD 770K SNP …
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 …
Background Systems biology enables the identification of gene networks that modulate complex traits. Comprehensive metabolomic analyses provide innovative phenotypes that …