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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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Selective Breeding in Organic Dairy Production [PDF]
, 2009 Organic dairy farming started to take off in the early 1990s, when the European Union laid down organic standards for animal production. Until now, however, only incidental steps have been taken towards organic breeding and organic farmers mainly use ...
Nauta, W.J., Nauta, Wytze
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Extraterritorial prospecting and territory defence in cooperatively breeding meerkats [PDF]
, 2012 In group living animals where natal dispersal is delayed, prospecting allows individuals to asses their future dispersal and breeding opportunities and, in males of some species, may minimize the costs of delaying dispersal by enabling extra-group ...
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BMC Genomics, 2018 Background Tan sheep is an indigenous Chinese breed well known for its beautiful curly fleece. One prominent breed characteristic of this sheep breed is that the degree of curliness differs markedly between lambs and adults, but the molecular mechanisms ...
Yufang Liu +6 more
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Sus_circPAPPA2 Regulates Fat Deposition in Castrated Pigs through the miR-2366/GK Pathway
Biomolecules, 2022 CircRNAs play an important role in fat deposition, and testosterone-deficient boars exhibit significantly increased fat deposition; however, the mechanism by which testosterone regulates fat deposition through circRNAs remains unclear.
Ximing Liu +6 more
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A computational approach to animal breeding [PDF]
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2007 We propose a computational model of mating strategies for controlled animal breeding programs. A mating strategy in a controlled breeding program is a heuristic with some optimization criteria as a goal. Thus, it is appropriate to use the computational tools available for analysis of optimization heuristics. In this paper, we propose the first discrete
Berger-Wolf, Tanya Y. +2 more
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Modelling stem cell differentiation related processes—A practical overview for biologists
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Stem cell differentiation is complex and difficult to control experimentally. This review introduces suitable computational modelling approaches that can support stem cell research, from mechanistic ODE and abstract models to multiscale and deep learning methods.
Ricco Zeegelaar +4 more
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Ryegrass breeding - balancing trait priorities [PDF]
, 2011 peer-reviewedIn all ryegrass breeding programmes it is necessary to select a range of traits within different cultivar types, varying in ploidy and flowering time.
Stewart, A., Hayes, R.
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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik +5 more
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Relationship between dairy cow genetic merit and profit on commercial spring calving dairy farms [PDF]
, 2011 peer-reviewedBecause not all animal factors influencing profitability can be included in total merit breeding indices for profitability, the association between animal total merit index and true profitability, taking cognisance of all factors associated
Cromie, A. R. +7 more
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