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Sheep Horn Development Revealed by Multi‐Tissue and Cross‐Species Transcriptomic Analysis

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Multi‐tissue and cross‐species transcriptomics with allele‐specific expression show sheep horns are a composite organ integrating epidermal and osteogenic programs. Conserved horn gene modules and cis‐regulatory variation fine‐tune expression networks underlying horn development and size (small scurs vs. large spiral horns).
Hao Li, Yuchen He, Yangshuo Hu, Naominggaowa, Huaiqiang Yang, Zhu Meng, Fei Liu, Shiwen Zhang, Yi Jin, Mingxing Chu, Zhangyuan Pan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-locus analysis reveals a different pattern of genetic diversity for mitochondrial and nuclear DNA between wild and domestic pigs in East Asia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: A major reduction of genetic diversity in mtDNA occurred during the domestication of East Asian pigs. However, the extent to which genetic diversity has been lost in the nuclear genome is uncertain. To reveal levels and patterns of nucleotide
Yin-Qiu Ji, Dong-Dong Wu, Gui-Sheng Wu, Guo-Dong Wang, Ya-Ping Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ‘heritability’ of domestication and its functional partitioning in the pig [PDF]

Heredity, 2016
We propose to estimate the proportion of variance explained by regression on genome-wide markers (or genomic heritability) when wild/domestic status is considered the phenotype of interest. This approach differs from the standard Fst in that it can accommodate genetic similarity between individuals in a general form.
Perez-Enciso, M., De Los Campos, G., Hudson, N., Kijas, J., Reverter, A.   +4 more
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Guidelines for designing and implementing game‐based learning in comparative anatomy education

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Game‐based learning (GBL) is increasingly used in health professions anatomy education to promote engagement, knowledge acquisition, collaboration, and application of knowledge. However, its application to comparative veterinary anatomy remains fragmented, with limited guidance on how games can be systematically designed around the specific ...
Arthur Chin Haeng Lau, Renato Lopes Previdelli   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights on the historical biogeography of Philippine domestic pigs and its relationship with continental domestic pigs and wild boars.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The Philippine archipelago was believed to have never been connected to the Asian continent even during the severe Quaternary sea-level drops. As a result, the history of domestic pig (Sus scrofa) dispersal in the Philippines remains controversial and ...
John King N Layos, Ronel B Geromo, Dinah M Espina, Masahide Nishibori   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Genomics Perspective on Pig Domestication

, 2019
Land animal domestication has typically led to remarkable phenotypic diversity, stemming from a broad genetic background. The process of land animal domestication turns out to be a complex, long-term event with extensive gene-flow between wild and captive populations.
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Biotic modulators of global change effects on plant communities

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding and predicting future plant biodiversity and productivity is critical for prioritizing global change mitigation, conservation, and restoration efforts. One major challenge is that we know remarkably little about how interspecific interactions may modulate the effects of global change factors on diversity and productivity.
Anu Eskelinen, Martin Andrzejak, W. Stanley Harpole, Susan Harrison, Aimée T. Classen, Anna‐Liisa Laine, Noémie A. Pichon, Anita C. Risch, Jake Alexander, Maria‐Theresa Jessen, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Lotte Korell   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of fermentable starch and straw-enriched housing on energy partitioning of growing pigs [PDF]

, 2008
Both dietary fermentable carbohydrates and the availability of straw bedding potentially affect activity patterns and energy utilisation in pigs. The present study aimed to investigate the combined effects of straw bedding and fermentable carbohydrates ...
Brand, H., van den, Gerrits, W.J.J., Zandstra, T., Heetkamp, M.J.W., T. Zandstra, W.J.J. Gerrits, J.E. Bolhuis, Staals, S.T.M., Alferink, S.J.J., H. van den Brand, S.T.M. Staals, M.J.W. Heetkamp, Bolhuis, J.E., S.J.J. Alferink   +13 more
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The Impact of Sustainability Labelling on Consumers' Evaluation and Choice of Food Products: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The last five years of research on sustainability labelling, reported in 175 journal articles, documents its effectiveness in increasing consumer choices of more sustainable food products. Some sustainability labels come out as stronger than others and their impact varies across products, countries, and individual consumers, depending on label
John Thøgersen, Lucía Romero‐Verdú, Anne O. Peschel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

First Molecular Characterisation of Porcine Parvovirus 7 (PPV7) in Italy

Viruses
Porcine parvoviruses (PPVs) are among the most important agents of reproductive failure in swine worldwide. PPVs comprise eight genetically different species ascribed to four genera: Protoparvovirus (PPV1, PPV8), Tetraparvovirus (PPV2-3), Copiparvovirus (
Silvia Dei Giudici, Lorena Mura, Piero Bonelli, Luca Ferretti, Salwa Hawko, Giulia Franzoni, Pier Paolo Angioi, Anna Ladu, Graziella Puggioni, Elisabetta Antuofermo, Maria Luisa Sanna, Giovanni Pietro Burrai, Annalisa Oggiano   +12 more
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