Promotion of cashmere growth by sulfur supplements in cashmere goats
This study was conducted to investigate effects of inorganic and organic sulfur supplements on cashmere growth and their differences. Thirty-six six-month-old female Liaoning cashmere goats with a body weight of approximately 25 kg and good health were ...
Yali Feng +3 more
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Expression dynamics and functional roles of KLF4 during embryonic hair follicle development in cashmere goats [PDF]
Cashmere, produced by the secondary hair follicles of cashmere goats, is known for its fineness, softness, and excellent heat retention properties. With the growing demand from the textile industry, improving both cashmere yield and quality has become an
Weiguo Song +6 more
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Multi-omics and AI-driven advances in miRNA-mediated hair follicle regulation in cashmere goats [PDF]
Hair follicle development and cycling are governed by intricate genetic and molecular networks, with microRNAs (miRNAs) playing essential roles as post-transcriptional regulators. In cashmere goats, valued for their fine fiber, miRNAs have emerged as key
Zhang Chunhua +21 more
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Genome-wide Target Enrichment-aided Chip Design: a 66 K SNP Chip for Cashmere Goat
Compared with the commercially available single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chip based on the Bead Chip technology, the solution hybrid selection (SHS)-based target enrichment SNP chip is not only design-flexible, but also cost-effective for genotype ...
Xian Qiao +34 more
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Association analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphism in prolactin and its receptor with productive and body conformation traits in Liaoning cashmere goats [PDF]
The results of this study showed that the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites of the PRL and PRLR genes have a certain association with the milk production performance, body size and cashmere performance of Liaoning cashmere goats (LCGs).
Y. Wu +18 more
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Drivers of plateau adaptability in cashmere goats revealed by genomic and transcriptomic analyses
Background The adaptive evolution of plateau indigenous animals is a current research focus. However, phenotypic adaptation is complex and may involve the interactions between multiple genes or pathways, many of which remain unclear.
Cuiling Wu +7 more
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The inheritance of fibre traits in a crossbred population of cashmere goats [PDF]
Genetic parameters were calculated for fibre traits measured on patch samples taken at 5 months of age on a crossbred population of cashmere goats, comprising goats of Scottish feral, Icelandic, Tasmanian, New Zealand and Siberian origin.
A. J. F. Russel +3 more
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Image classification of forage grasses on Etuoke Banner using edge autoencoder network.
Automatically identifying the forage is the basis of intelligent fine breeding of cattle and sheep. In specific, it is a key step to study the relationship between the type and quantity of forage collected by cattle and sheep and their own growth ...
Ding Han +7 more
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Quality assessment of Mongolian cashmere - First results
A report on a joint German/Mongolian cashmere project is given. Fine undercoat fibres from different cashmere goat breeds have been examined, using an optical fibre diameter analyser, light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and the Instron tensile
Wortmann, Franz Josef +4 more
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Common Source Identification Cashmere
The Common Source Identification Cashmere application finds within a set of images the images that were made with the same camera, possibly running on a heterogeneous GPU ...
Hijma, Pieter, Jacobs, Ceriel
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