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Animal Genetics

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  1. The Y chromosome in mammal is paternally inherited and harbors genes related to male fertility and spermatogenesis. The unique intra-chromosomal recombination pattern of Y chromosome and morphological differen...

    Authors: Ayan Mukherjee, Gulshan Dass, Jagan Mohanarao G, Moloya Gohain, Biswajit Brahma, Tirtha Kumar Datta and Sachinandan De
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2013 4:15
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  2. The correlation between IgY levels of the serum and the yolk has been well documented in wild and domestic birds. The levels of total yolk IgY can be an index of the general health status of birds and may cont...

    Authors: Hancong Sun, Sirui Chen, Xia Cai, Guiyun Xu and Lujiang Qu
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2013 4:10
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  3. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a major foodborne pathogen worldwide. S. Typhimurium encodes type III secretion systems via Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPI), producing the major effector proteins...

    Authors: Jason Abernathy, Carolina Corkill, Carolee Hinojosa, Xianyao Li and Huaijun Zhou
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2013 4:5
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  4. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) inhibits growth-plate chondrocyte proliferation and limits bone elongation. Gain-of-function FGFR3 mutations cause dwarfism, reduced telomerase activity and shorter ...

    Authors: Logan B Smith, Janelle M Belanger and Anita M Oberbauer
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012 3:39
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  5. Sheep is important in the socio-economic lives of people around the world. It is estimated that more than half of our once common livestock breeds are now endangered. Since genetic characterization of Nigerian...

    Authors: Brilliant O Agaviezor, Sunday O Peters, Mufliat A Adefenwa, Abdulmojeed Yakubu, Olufunmilayo A Adebambo, Michael O Ozoje, Christian ON Ikeobi, Matthew Wheto, Oyeyemi O Ajayi, Samuel A Amusan, Oludotun J Ekundayo, Timothy M Sanni, Moses Okpeku, Gbolabo O Onasanya, Marcos De Donato, Babatunde M Ilori…
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012 3:38
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  6. Expression levels for genes of interest must be normalized with an appropriate reference, or housekeeping gene, to make accurate comparisons of quantitative real-time PCR results. The purpose of this study was...

    Authors: Ryan S McCulloch, Melissa S Ashwell, Audrey T O’Nan and Peter L Mente
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012 3:36
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  7. Upon binding luteinizing hormone in the ovary, the luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) is necessary for follicular maturation and ovulation, as well as luteal function. We detected mutation...

    Authors: Yong Yu, Yunwei Pang, Haichao Zhao, Xiaoling Xu, Zhonghong Wu, Lei An and Jianhui Tian
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012 3:35
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  8. Diphtheria toxin A (DTA), a segment of the diphtheria toxin (tox), inhibits protein synthesis in cells. When released from a cell, DTA is nontoxic and cannot enter other cells independently without the help of...

    Authors: Jingfeng Zhang, Hengxi Wei, Xinzheng Guo, Minghua Hu, Fenglei Gao, Li Li and Shouquan Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012 3:29
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  9. Complex vertebral malformation (CVM) and bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD) are two autosomal recessive lethal genetic defects frequently occurring in Holstein cattle, identifiable by single nucleotid...

    Authors: Yi Zhang, Xuehua Fan, Dongxiao Sun, Yachun Wang, Ying Yu, Yan Xie, Shengli Zhang and Yuan Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012 3:24
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  10. miRNAs are a class of small, single-stranded, non-coding RNAs that perform post-transcriptional repression of target genes by binding to 3’ untranslated regions. Research has found that miRNAs involved in the ...

    Authors: Chunping Zhao, Fei Tian, Ying Yu, George Liu, Linsen Zan, M Scott Updike and Jiuzhou Song
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012 3:12
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  11. Missing genotypes are a common feature of high density SNP datasets obtained using SNP chip technology and this is likely to decrease the accuracy of genomic selection. This problem can be circumvented by impu...

    Authors: Ziqing Weng, Zhe Zhang, Xiangdong Ding, Weixuan Fu, Peipei Ma, Chonglong Wang and Qin Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012 3:6
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