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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Background: Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) are important and widely distributed poultry in China. Researchers continue to pursue genetic selection for heavier quail. The intestinal microbiota plays a substantial role in growth promotion; however, the
Jing-E Ma +32 more
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The Journal of Poultry Science, 2013 Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are members of lipid-binding proteins that participate in lipid uptake and intracellular transport. This study was designed to investigate the effects of the liver bile acid-binding protein (L-BABP) and the liver ...
Yufang Zhao +7 more
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Identification of genome-wide SNP-SNP interactions associated with important traits in chicken
BMC Genomics, 2017 Background In addition to additive genetic effects, epistatic interactions can play key roles in the control of phenotypic variation of traits of interest.
Hui Zhang +7 more
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A catalog of microbial genes and metagenome-assembled genomes from the quail gut microbiome
Poultry Science, 2023 : The gut microbiome plays an important role in quail feed efficiency, immunity, production, and even behavior. Gut microbial gene catalogs and reference genomes are important for understanding the quail gut microbiome.
Xinwei Xiong +10 more
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Poultry Science, 2023 : Increasing evidence indicates that the gut microbiome plays an important role in host aging and sexual maturity. However, the gut microbial taxa associated with sexual maturity in quails are unknown.
Xinwei Xiong +8 more
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Poultry Science, 2023 : Adiponectin is a key hormone secreted by fat tissues that has multiple biological functions, including regulating the energy balance and reproductive system by binding to its receptors AdipoR1 and AdipoR2.
Chong Li +14 more
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Comparative genomics in chicken and Pekin duck using FISH mapping and microarray analysis [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: The availability of the complete chicken (Gallus gallus) genome sequence as well as a large number of chicken probes for fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) and microarray resources facilitate comparative genomic studies between ...
Ioannou, D. +30 more
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Gallus GBrowse: a unified genomic database for the chicken [PDF]
, 2008 Gallus GBrowse (http://birdbase.net/cgi-bin/gbrowse/gallus/) provides online access to genomic and other information about the chicken, Gallus gallus. The information provided by this resource includes predicted genes and Gene Ontology (GO) terms, links ...
Hickenbotham, Matthew T +21 more
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