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Genomic Structural Variations Provide Insights Into Litter Size and Teat Number Traits in Hu Sheep

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Here, we conducted whole genome sequencing on 300 Hu sheep with an average depth of 16.51X. Two candidate genes associated with litter size and teat number traits were identified, namely MAST2 and AFDN. ABSTRACT Litter size and the teat number are important economic indicators in sheep production.
Xin Xiang, Wei Dai, Jiqiang Liu, Zhengguang Wang   +3 more
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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
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Correlation analysis between PCR-SSCP polymorphisms of luteinizing hormone receptor gene (LHR) and reproductive traits in sheep

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2012
The nucleotide sequence and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) in exon 11 of luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) gene were studied in Hu sheep (sexual precocity and high prolificacy breeds), Jinzhong sheep and Lingchuan semi-fine wool sheep ...
WANG Li-hong, GAO Qin-xue, ZHANG Wei, JIN Chun-fang, LI Yu-chun, WANG Feng   +5 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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Alterations in nutrient digestion and utilization associated with different residual feed intake in Hu sheep

, 2023
Improving feed efficiency is crucial to the animal industry. Residual feed intake (RFI) is now regarded as an index of feed efficiency evaluation and is independent of growth characteristics.
Jiakun Wang, Yuyang Yin, Hongbo Zeng, Yang Luo, Zhuoxin Xu, Lingxi Chen, Bin Yang, Qian Wang   +7 more
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Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individuals differ. While seemingly trivial, this insight has nevertheless led to paradigm shifts, as three key fields of organismal biology have seen marked changes in key concepts over the past few decades. In animal behaviour, it has become increasingly recognised that behavioural differences among individuals can be stable over time and ...
Oliver Krüger, Jaime Anaya‐Rojas, Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, Nayden Chakarov, Melanie Dammhahn, Alkistis Elliott‐Graves, Claudia Fricke, Jürgen Gadau, Joseph I. Hoffman, Marie I. Kaiser, Sylvia Kaiser, Peter Korsten, Ulrich Krohs, Joachim Kurtz, Roland Langrock, Caroline Müller, Robert Peuß, Klaus Reinhold, Helene Richter, Norbert Sachser, Holger Schielzeth, Tim Schmoll, Ralf Stanewsky, Tamas Szekely, Franz J. Weissing, Meike Wittmann, Shuqing Xu   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ageing holobiont: crosstalk between telomere dynamics, oxidative stress and the gut microbiome

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The gut tissue is at the frontline of early onset of ageing. It exhibits high cell turnover rates and rapid telomere shortening, which can have systemic effects on the developing or senescing organism. We conducted a literature review of studies on the crosstalk between telomere length dynamics, telomerase activity, oxidative stress, and gut ...
Michael L. Pepke, Søren B. Hansen, Morten T. Limborg   +2 more
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Effect of Magnolia officinalis extract in diet on growth performance， rumen fermentation and serum biochemical indexes of Hu sheep

Siliao yanjiu, 2023
The experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of Magnolia officinalis extract on growth performance, rumen fermentation and serum biochemical indexes of Hu sheep.
WANG Ya-bo, QIAN Jin-hua
doaj  

RNA‐centric world of retroviruses: unravelling the molecular strategies of genomic RNA packaging

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retroviruses constitute a unique group of RNA viruses that have profoundly influenced both evolutionary trajectories and biomedical research. Their ability to reverse transcribe and integrate into host genomes has shaped genomic architecture across species and contributed to our understanding of oncogenes, gene regulation, and RNA biology ...
Mohammad Abdullah Jehad, Suresha G. Prabhu, Lizna M. Ali, Vineeta N. Pillai, Farah Mustafa, Tahir A. Rizvi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of heat stress on growth performance, carcase characteristics, meat quality and rumen-muscle axis of Hu sheep

, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the effects of heat stress (HS) on growth performance, carcase characteristics and rumen-muscle axis of Hu sheep and to explore the underlying molecular mechanisms of the actions by establishing a heat-stressed Hu sheep ...
Jianwei Zou (2058583), Junzhi Lu (17647673), Qian Wang (32718), Qinyang Jiang (4041005), Sanbao Zhang (9014627), Jun Lu (36049), Yu Zhang (12946), Yanna Huang (463354), Bao Yang (432791), Yirong Wei (17647670), Zihua Zheng (9750468)   +10 more
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