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RAI14 in the blood feather regulates chicken pigmentation.

Archives animal breeding, 2020
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed on a resource family consisting of white and colored chickens for identification of genes related to plumage coloration using the Fixed and random model Circulating Probability Unification (FarmCPU) package.
Adetula, Adeyinka Abiola, Liu, Xiaolei, Yang, Liubin, Fang, Chengchi, Yu, Hui, Li, Hua, Li, Shijun   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni, Giuseppe Fusco, Filippo Nicolini, Heather Bruce, Andrea Luchetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fusarium oxysporum and Aspergillus sp. as Keratinase Producers Using Swine Hair From Agroindustrial Residues

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
Technological processes mediated by microorganisms and enzymes are promising alternatives for treatment of recalcitrant residues. Keratinases hydrolyze keratin, the primary component of some wastes generated in many industrial activities.
Karina Paula Preczeski, Caroline Dalastra, Fabiane Fernanda Czapela, Simone Kubeneck, Thamarys Scapini, Aline Frumi Camargo, Jessica Zanivan, Charline Bonatto, Charline Bonatto, Fábio Spitza Stefanski, Bruno Venturin, Gislaine Fongaro, Gislaine Fongaro, Helen Treichel, Helen Treichel   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trade‐offs in avian parental care: a review of theory and meta‐analysis of brood size manipulations

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The selective forces shaping parental care have been studied for over 50 years. While theoretical and experimental work has yielded qualitative progress, the large body of empirical work testing predictions about parental investment based on life‐history trade‐offs has yet to be synthesized.
Rebekah A. McKinnon, Malgorzata Lagisz, Sheeraja Sridharan, David F. Westneat, Kimberley J. Mathot   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel deletion in KRT75L4 mediates the frizzle trait in a Chinese indigenous chicken

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2018
Background Highly diversified in morphology and structure, feathers have evolved into various forms. Frizzle feathers, which result from a developmental defect of the feather, are observed in several domestic chicken breeds.
Jing Dong, Chuan He, Zhibing Wang, Yanqing Li, Shanshan Li, Lin Tao, Jiebo Chen, Donghua Li, Fenxia Yang, Naibin Li, Quan Zhang, Li Zhang, Guangqin Wang, Fisayo Akinyemi, He Meng, Bingwang Du   +15 more
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Building phenotypic character matrices for phylogenetic inference: exploration of 35 years of practice

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent methodological development in phylogenetic inference has focused predominantly on molecular data. However, renewed interest in other data types, particularly morphological data, has followed from the increased recognition of the power of total evidence and tip‐dating approaches, including fossil data, for inference of time‐scaled trees ...
Melanie J. Hopkins, Mark C. Nikolic, James D. Holmes, Daniela S. Monti, Ernesto E. Vargas‐Parra, Russell D.C. Bicknell, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Katherine Jordan‐Burmeister, John R. Paterson, Shravya Srivastava‐Losey   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Graphene Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications: A Contemporary Perspective

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Graphene has garnered significant attention as a promising material with great potential for contributing to sustainable energy initiatives, such as RE100 (100% renewable energy initiative) and CF100 (100% carbon‐free initiative). This review aims to explore the potential of graphene for advancing renewable energy applications by highlighting
Niraj Kumar, Seul‐Yi Lee, Roop L. Mahajan, Soo‐Jin Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantification of residual enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin in feathers of broiler chickens by high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence after oral administration of the drugs

Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research, 2016
Enrofloxacin (ENR) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) are drugs used in poultry feeding. In general, feathers that are incorporated in the food chain as a protein source for animal feed, have residues of these drugs. In order to study the pharmacokinetic of ENR/CIP
Griselda Haag, Gustavo H Marin, Jorge Errecalde   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A uterine‐centric view of reproductive senescence: Genetic insights into late‐life performance in laying hens

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
This study identifies uterus weight as a heritable (h2 = 0.45) intermediate phenotype that independently associates with late‐life egg production and eggshell quality in aged laying hens. Genome‐wide association study (GWAS) reveals a genome‐wide significant locus on chromosome 3 and suggestive loci on chromosome 11 for uterus weight, mediation ...
Junnan Zhang, Mingyue Gao, Ronglang Cai, Xinwei Jiang, Boxuan Zhang, Zhaojie Li, Ning Yang, Congjiao Sun   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization of Indigenous Microorganism (IMO) Concentration in Chicken Feathers on the Physicochemical Properties of Feather Meal

Andalasian Livestock
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of adding indigenous microorganisms (IMO) derived from chicken feathers on the physicochemical properties of chicken feather flour, namely, color, microscopic structure, and crude fiber content.
Monica Stephani Napitupulu, Deni Novia, Afriani Sandra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source