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MicroRNA‐Seq Analysis Reveals a Critical Role for miR‐222 in Bovine Intramuscular Adipogenesis via the DDIT4/mTORC1 Axis

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Schematic diagram illustrating how miR‐222 promotes bovine intramuscular adipogenesis by targeting DDIT4 to activate the mTORC1 signaling pathway. ABSTRACT Intramuscular fat (IMF) is a key determinant of beef quality, particularly with respect to tenderness, flavor, and juiciness.
Jianbing Tan, Liang Qiu, Zhenghai Zhou, Zhipeng Zhang, Nanfei Wang, Jiangang Hao, Linsen Zan, Wucai Yang   +7 more
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CT scanning technology to asses the genetic and phenotypic correlations, and selection potential of carcass traits in mutton sheep [PDF]

Animal Bioscience
Objective This study aims to evaluate the variations in carcass fat percentage (CFP), carcass muscle percentage (CMP), carcass bone percentage (CBP), meat-to-bone ratio, carcass weight, loin eye area (REA), backfat thickness (BF), the total tissue depth ...
Yuan Zhao, Guoxing Jia, Xiaoxue Zhang, Huibin Tian, Deyin Zhang, Yukun Zhang, Xiaolong Li, Jiangbo Cheng, Liming Zhao, Quanzhong Xu, Xiaobin Yang, Zongwu Ma, Dan Xu, Fadi Li, Weimin Wang   +14 more
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Enhancing Meat Quality Through Dietary Fiber: Insights Into the Gut Microbiota‐Derived Short‐Chain Fatty Acids‐Muscle Axis

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Dietary fiber (DF) modulates meat quality through the gut‐muscle axis by reshaping gut microbiota, improving intestinal integrity, reducing inflammation, and regulating muscle metabolism. These mechanisms influence muscle fiber characteristics and post‐mortem biochemistry, thereby enhancing tenderness, juiciness, color, flavor, and nutritional value of
Zeshan Zulfiqar, Muhammad Arslan Asif, Layla Al‐Mitib, Nabeela Ashiq, Haojie Wang, Yalei Cui, Boshuai Liu, Shucheng Huang, Yinghua Shi   +8 more
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Impact of rumen microbiome on cattle carcass traits

Scientific Reports
AbstractRumen microbes are crucial in the anaerobic fermentation of plant polysaccharides to produce volatile fatty acids. However, limited information exists about the specific microbial species and strains in the rumen that affect carcass traits, and it is unclear whether there is a relationship between rumen metabolic functions and these traits ...
Yoshiaki Sato, Ruki Sato, Emiko Fukui, Fumiaki Yoshizawa   +3 more
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Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief, Sandra Bouwhuis, Anja Globig, Anne Günther, Wouter Courtens   +4 more
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CARCASS TRAITS OF PUREBRED AND CROSSBRED RABBITS

World Rabbit Science, 2010
[EN] Carcass data on 80 rabbits representing four genetic groups and both sexes were analyséd to determine the effects of straight and cross breeding on carcass traits. Genetic groups were New Zealand White (NZW), Califomian {CA) ana their reciprocal crosses (NZW x CA and CA x NZW).
NOFAL, R.Y., TOTH, S., VlRAG, G.Y.
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Molecular Palaeontology Prospects From Exceptionally Preserved Eocene Brackish‐Water Bivalve Batissa sitakaraensis (Venerida: Corbiculidae) From Hokkaido, Japan

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
This study reports the exceptional preservation of the Eocene freshwater bivalve Batissa sitakaraensis from Hokkaido, Japan. Multimodal analyses reveal that both the aragonitic shell mineralogy and the delicate organic periostracum retain their original structural and chemical characteristics after millions of years.
Taro Yoshimura, Kazuki Hirota, Hiroyuki Kagi, Takashi Matsubara, Takenori Sasaki   +4 more
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A spatiotemporal single‐cell atlas of porcine development reveals regulatory dynamics and cellular targets of domestication

iMeta, EarlyView.
This study presents a cross‐tissue, single‐cell/single‐nucleus transcriptomic atlas spanning from prenatal to postnatal developmental stages in pig, characterizing 83 distinct cell types from 252,033 cells. Through the construction of cross‐tissue transcriptional regulatory networks and pseudotime trajectories, we revealed that organogenesis is driven ...
Rong Zhou, Zishuai Wang, Chenghao Hu, Shuhan Deng, Changyun Cai, Yanfang Wang, Shang‐Tong Li, Lijing Bai, Kui Li   +8 more
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Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores

Oikos, EarlyView.
Euphonias (Neotropical passerines in the genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia) form the quintessential example of a specialized avian frugivore, combining a high reliance on fruit as food and the restriction of fruit taxa exploited. To understand their specialization, we explored the integration of fruit morphological and nutritional traits with their ...
Marco A. Pizo, Paulo H. A. Camargo, Ana C. Crestani, Tobias N. Rojas   +3 more
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Home and away: allometry and climate drive morphology of European rabbits in their native and introduced range

Oikos, EarlyView.
Climatic conditions shape phenotypic evolution by driving adaptations that optimise organismal function. Invasive species provide valuable systems to study these processes, as they often encounter novel climatic conditions in their introduced ranges. The European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, native to the Iberian Peninsula, has established populations
Rishab Pillai, Natasha Lee Hiotis, Christine Böhmer, Cécile Callou, Thomas J. Nelson, Irina Ruf, Thomas J. Sanger, Julia Schaar, Kévin Le Verger, Madeleine Geiger, Brian Kraatz, Emma Sherratt   +11 more
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