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Section edited by Shane Burgess and Jacqueline Smith
This section covers all aspects of the genomics of vertebrates, excluding humans, primates and rodents, including livestock species.
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Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays for domestic cattle have catalyzed the identification of genetic markers associated with complex traits for inclusion in modern breeding and selection programs. Usin...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:386
Published on: 18 May 2017
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Pikes represent an important genus (Esox) harbouring a pre-duplication karyotype (2n = 2x = 50) of economically important salmonid pseudopolyploids. Here, we have characterized the 5S ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) i...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:391
Published on: 18 May 2017
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Indigenous cattle in Africa have adapted to various local environments to acquire superior phenotypes that enhance their survival under harsh conditions. While many studies investigated the adaptation of overa...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:371
Published on: 12 May 2017
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Fatty acid composition contributes importantly to meat quality and is essential to the nutritional value of the meat. Identification of genetic factors underlying levels of fatty acids can be used to breed for...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:369
Published on: 11 May 2017
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RNA editing by ADAR (adenosine deaminase acting on RNA) proteins is a form of transcriptional regulation that is widespread among humans and other primates. Based on high-throughput scans used to identify puta...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:360
Published on: 9 May 2017
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Rumen epithelial tissue plays an important role in nutrient absorption and rumen health. However, whether forage quality and particle size impact the rumen epithelial morphology is unclear. The current study w...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:353
Published on: 6 May 2017
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Climate change poses a multi-dimensional threat to food and agricultural systems as a result of increased risk to animal growth, development, health, and food product quality. This study was designed to charac...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:352
Published on: 6 May 2017
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The genetic diversity of Neotropical fish fauna is underrepresented in public databases. This distortion is evident for the order Siluriformes, in which the suborders Siluroidei and Loricarioidei share equival...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:345
Published on: 4 May 2017
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Autoinflammatory diseases in dogs are characterized by complex disease processes with varying clinical signs. In Shar-Pei, signs of inflammation including fever and arthritis are known to be related with a bre...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:348
Published on: 4 May 2017
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Excessive accumulation of adipose tissue in cultured fish is an outstanding problem in aquaculture. To understand the development of adiposity, it is crucial to identify the genes which expression is associate...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:347
Published on: 4 May 2017
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) control multiple biological processes including the innate immune responses by negative post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. As there were no studies on the role(s) of miRNAs ...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:349
Published on: 4 May 2017
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Tilapias are the second most farmed fishes in the world and a sustainable source of food. Like many other fish, tilapias are sexually dimorphic and sex is a commercially important trait in these fish. In this ...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:341
Published on: 2 May 2017
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N 6 -methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent internal form of modification in messenger RNA in higher eukaryotes a...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:336
Published on: 28 April 2017
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression by targeting specific mRNAs. However, the possible role of miRNAs in the ovary differentiation and development of fish is n...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:333
Published on: 28 April 2017
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Despite the significance of chicken as a model organism, our understanding of the chicken transcriptome is limited compared to human. This issue is common to all non-human vertebrate annotations due to the dif...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:323
Published on: 24 April 2017
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Modern fast-growing broilers are susceptible to heart failure under heat stress because their relatively small hearts cannot meet increased need of blood pumping. To improve the cardiac tolerance to heat stres...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:295
Published on: 13 April 2017
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Motility and the coordination of moving food through the gastrointestinal tract rely on a complex network of neurons known as the enteric nervous system (ENS). Despite its critical function, many of the molecu...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:290
Published on: 12 April 2017
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The tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) is the southernmost species of the seven extant species of gar fishes in the world. In Mexico and Central America, the species is an important food source due to its nutri...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:283
Published on: 7 April 2017
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Infertility in dairy cattle is a concern where reduced fertilization rates and high embryonic loss are contributing factors. Studies of the paternal contribution to reproductive performance are limited. Howeve...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:280
Published on: 5 April 2017
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Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), is known to vary genetically across the North Atlantic, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This genetic variation occurs both spatially and temporally through decades of heavy fishing, and ...
BMC Genomics 2017 18:271
Published on: 31 March 2017
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