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Non-human and non-rodent vertebrate genomics

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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  1. Spermatogenesis is an intricate process regulated by a finely organized network. The orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) is a protogynous hermaphroditic fish, but the regulatory mechanism of its spermat...

    Authors: Xi Wu, Yang Yang, Chaoyue Zhong, Yin Guo, Shuisheng Li, Haoran Lin and Xiaochun Liu

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:73

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  2. Gene targeting by homology-directed repair (HDR) can precisely edit the genome and is a versatile tool for biomedical research. However, the efficiency of HDR-based modification is still low in many model orga...

    Authors: Haipeng Bai, Lijun Liu, Ke An, Xiaochan Lu, Michael Harrison, Yanqiu Zhao, Ruibin Yan, Zhijie Lu, Song Li, Shuo Lin, Fang Liang and Wei Qin

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:67

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  3. Reproductive capacity can be altered by challenges experienced during critical periods of development, including fetal development and early neonatal life. Gossypol is a polyphenolic compound, commonly found i...

    Authors: Helder Louvandini, Patricia S. Corrêa, Rocío Amorín, Lihe Liu, Egon H. Ieda, Carolina R. Jimenez, Siu M. Tsai, Concepta M. McManus and Francisco Peñagaricano

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:59

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  4. Fatty acid composition contributes greatly to the quality and nutritional value of meat. However, the molecular regulatory mechanisms underlying fatty acid accumulation in poultry have not yet been cleared. Th...

    Authors: Wenlei Fan, Wenjing Liu, Hehe Liu, Qingshi Meng, Yaxi Xu, Yuming Guo, Baowei Wang, Zhengkui Zhou and Shuisheng Hou

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:58

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  5. Carotenoids contribute significantly to animal body coloration, including the spectacular color pattern diversity among fishes. Fish, as other animals, derive carotenoids from their diet. Following uptake, tra...

    Authors: Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Laurène A. Lecaudey, Angelika Ziegelbecker, Oliver Steiner, Ronald Glabonjat, Walter Goessler, Victoria Hois, Carina Wagner, Achim Lass and Kristina M. Sefc

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:54

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  6. The Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) in fast-growing chickens is mainly caused by improper blood circulation. The exact mechanism underlying angiogenesis and vascularization in tibial growth plate of broiler chick...

    Authors: Ali Raza Jahejo, Ding Zhang, Sheng Niu, Raza Ali Mangi, Afrasyab Khan, Muhammad Farhan Qadir, Ajab Khan, Huan-chun Chen and Wen-xia Tian

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:50

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  7. Health traits are of significant economic importance to the dairy industry due to their effects on milk production and associated treatment costs. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide a means to iden...

    Authors: Ellen Freebern, Daniel J. A. Santos, Lingzhao Fang, Jicai Jiang, Kristen L. Parker Gaddis, George E. Liu, Paul M. VanRaden, Christian Maltecca, John B. Cole and Li Ma

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:41

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  8. Genome wide association studies (GWAS) were conducted on 7,853,211 imputed whole genome sequence variants in a population of 3354 to 3984 animals from multiple beef cattle breeds for five carcass merit traits ...

    Authors: Yining Wang, Feng Zhang, Robert Mukiibi, Liuhong Chen, Michael Vinsky, Graham Plastow, John Basarab, Paul Stothard and Changxi Li

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:38

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  9. Genome wide association studies (GWAS) on residual feed intake (RFI) and its component traits including daily dry matter intake (DMI), average daily gain (ADG), and metabolic body weight (MWT) were conducted i...

    Authors: Feng Zhang, Yining Wang, Robert Mukiibi, Liuhong Chen, Michael Vinsky, Graham Plastow, John Basarab, Paul Stothard and Changxi Li

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:36

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  10. Autochthonous cattle breeds are an important source of genetic variation because they might carry alleles that enable them to adapt to local environment and food conditions. Original Braunvieh (OB) is a local ...

    Authors: Meenu Bhati, Naveen Kumar Kadri, Danang Crysnanto and Hubert Pausch

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:27

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  11. Early sex differentiation genes of zebrafish remain an unsolved mystery due to the difficulty to distinguish the sex of juvenile zebrafish. However, aromatase inhibitors (AIs) could direct juvenile zebrafish s...

    Authors: Lu Chen, Li Wang, Qiwei Cheng, Yi-Xuan Tu, Zhuang Yang, Run-Ze Li, Zhi-Hui Luo and Zhen-Xia Chen

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:22

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  12. The domestic cat (Felis catus) is an important companion animal and is used as a large animal model for human disease. However, the comprehensive study of adaptive immunity in this species is hampered by the lack...

    Authors: Araya Radtanakatikanon, Stefan M. Keller, Nikos Darzentas, Peter F. Moore, Géraldine Folch, Viviane Nguefack Ngoune, Marie-Paule Lefranc and William Vernau

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2020 21:20

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  13. Production conditions of layer chicken can vary in terms of temperature or diet energy content compared to the controlled environment where pure-bred selection is undertaken. The aim of this study was to bette...

    Authors: F. Jehl, C. Désert, C. Klopp, M. Brenet, A. Rau, S. Leroux, M. Boutin, L. Lagoutte, K. Muret, Y. Blum, D. Esquerré, D. Gourichon, T. Burlot, A. Collin, F. Pitel, A. Benani…

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:1033

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  14. The proximal femoral head separation (FHS) or epiphysiolysis is a prevalent disorder affecting the chicken femur epiphysis, being considered a risk factor to infection which can cause bacterial chondronecrosis...

    Authors: Jane de Oliveira Peixoto, Igor Ricardo Savoldi, Adriana Mércia Guaratini Ibelli, Maurício Egídio Cantão, Fátima Regina Ferreira Jaenisch, Poliana Fernanda Giachetto, Matthew Lee Settles, Ricardo Zanella, Jorge Augusto Petroli Marchesi, José Rodrigo Pandolfi, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho and Mônica Corrêa Ledur

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:1031

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  15. Hip dysplasia and osteoarthritis continue to be prevalent problems in veterinary and human medicine. Canine hip dysplasia is particularly problematic as it massively affects several large-sized breeds and can ...

    Authors: Lea Mikkola, Saila Holopainen, Tiina Pessa-Morikawa, Anu K. Lappalainen, Marjo K. Hytönen, Hannes Lohi and Antti Iivanainen

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:1027

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  16. Transcriptomic responses to immune stimulation were investigated in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) with distinct growth phenotypes. Wild-type fish were contrasted to strains with accelerated growth arising ei...

    Authors: Jin-Hyoung Kim, Daniel J. Macqueen, James R. Winton, John D. Hansen, Hyun Park and Robert H. Devlin

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:1024

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  17. Infectious disease outbreaks form major setbacks to aquaculture production and to further development of this important sector. Cyprinid herpes virus-3 (CyHV-3) is a dsDNA virus widely hampering production of ...

    Authors: Roni Tadmor-Levi, Adi Doron-Faigenboim, Evgeniya Marcos-Hadad, Jules Petit, Gideon Hulata, Maria Forlenza, Geert F. Wiegertjes and Lior David

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:1019

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  18. As a newly characterized type of noncoding RNA, circular RNA (circRNA) has been shown to have functions in diverse biological processes of animals. It has been reported that several noncoding RNAs may regulate...

    Authors: Haojie Zhang, Baoyu Hu, Jiali Xiong, Ting Chen, Qianyun Xi, Junyi Luo, Qingyan Jiang, Jiajie Sun and Yongliang Zhang

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:1013

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  19. Genetic resistance in cattle is considered a suitable way to control tick burden and its consequent losses for livestock production. Exploring tick-resistant (R) and tick-susceptible (S) hosts, we investigated...

    Authors: Daniela D. Moré, Fernando F. Cardoso, Maurício A. Mudadu, Wilson Malagó-Jr, Claudia C. Gulias-Gomes, Bruna P. Sollero, Adriana M. G. Ibelli, Luiz L. Coutinho and Luciana C. A. Regitano

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:998

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  20. The compromised performance of laying hens in the late phase of production relative to the peak production was thought to be associated with the impairment of intestinal functionality, which plays essential ro...

    Authors: Wei-wei Wang, Jing Wang, Hai-jun Zhang, Shu-geng Wu and Guang-hai Qi

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:970

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  21. Melanocytes are derived from neural crest stem cells in the embryonic stage. In mature melanocytes, a series of complex enzyme-catalyzed reactions leads to the production of melanins, which determine the hair ...

    Authors: Xuexian Liu, Bin Du, Pengqian Zhang, Junzhen Zhang, Zhiwei Zhu, Bo Liu and Ruiwen Fan

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:962

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  22. Sperm epigenetics is an emerging area of study supported by observations reporting that abnormal sperm DNA methylation patterns are associated with infertility. Here, we explore cytosine-guanine dinucleotides ...

    Authors: Emanuele Capra, Barbara Lazzari, Federica Turri, Paola Cremonesi, Antônia Moemia Rodrigues Portela, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Alessandra Stella and Flavia Pizzi

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:940

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  23. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are extensively used to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) underlying the genetic variation of complex traits. However, much uncertainly often still exists ab...

    Authors: Sara de las Heras-Saldana, Samuel A. Clark, Naomi Duijvesteijn, Cedric Gondro, Julius H. J. van der Werf and Yizhou Chen

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:939

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  24. Spinibarbus hollandi is an economically important fish species in southern China. This fish is known to have nutritional and medicinal properties; however, its farming is limited by its slow growth rate. In the p...

    Authors: Yang Yang, Huiqiang Zhou, Liping Hou, Ke Xing and Hu Shu

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:938

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  25. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) in milk-derived exosomes may reflect pathophysiological changes caused by mastitis. This study profiled miRNAs in exosomes from both normal milk and mastitic milk infected by Staphylococcus aur...

    Authors: Shaoyang Ma, Chao Tong, Eveline M. Ibeagha-Awemu and Xin Zhao

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:934

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  26. Gene expression variation is a key underlying factor influencing phenotypic variation, and can occur via cis- or trans-regulation. To understand the role of cis- and trans-regulatory variation on population di...

    Authors: Qiong Wang, Yaxiong Jia, Yuan Wang, Zhihua Jiang, Xiang Zhou, Zebin Zhang, Changsheng Nie, Junying Li, Ning Yang and Lujiang Qu

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:933

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  27. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays have facilitated discovery of genetic markers associated with complex traits in domestic cattle; thereby enabling modern breeding and selection programs. Genome-wide...

    Authors: Johanna L. Smith, Miranda L. Wilson, Sara M. Nilson, Troy N. Rowan, David L. Oldeschulte, Robert D. Schnabel, Jared E. Decker and Christopher M. Seabury

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:926

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  28. Compensatory growth refers to the phenomenon in which organisms grow faster after the improvement of an adverse environment and is thought to be an adaptive evolution to cope with the alleviation of the hostil...

    Authors: Jirong Jia, Jingkai Qin, Xi Yuan, Zongzhen Liao, Jinfeng Huang, Bin Wang, Caiyun Sun and Wensheng Li

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:919

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  29. Sperm DNA integrity is considered essential for successful transmission of the paternal genome, fertilization and normal embryo development. DNA fragmentation index (DFI, %) has become a key parameter in the s...

    Authors: Abdolrahman Khezri, Birgitte Narud, Else-Berit Stenseth, Anders Johannisson, Frøydis Deinboll Myromslien, Ann Helen Gaustad, Robert C. Wilson, Robert Lyle, Jane M. Morrell, Elisabeth Kommisrud and Rafi Ahmad

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:897

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  31. DNA methylation has been shown to be involved in many biological processes, including X chromosome inactivation in females, paternal genomic imprinting, and others.

    Authors: Shuli Liu, Lingzhao Fang, Yang Zhou, Daniel J.A. Santos, Ruidong Xiang, Hans D. Daetwyler, Amanda J. Chamberlain, John B. Cole, Cong-jun Li, Ying Yu, Li Ma, Shengli Zhang and George E. Liu

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:888

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  32. The function of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in host defense against pathogens, especially Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is poorly understood. To investigate the role of TLR2 during mycobacterial infection, we ...

    Authors: Wanbin Hu, Shuxin Yang, Yasuhito Shimada, Magnus Münch, Rubén Marín-Juez, Annemarie H. Meijer and Herman P. Spaink

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:878

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  33. The white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) is widely distributed throughout Brazil and South America. It has been used as an animal model for studying different scientific questions ranging from the restorat...

    Authors: Íria Gabriela Dias dos Santos, Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes, Gerluza Aparecida Borges Silva, Amanda Maria Sena Reis, Cláudia Barros Monteiro-Vitorello, Patricia Dayane Carvalho Schaker, Roberto Hirochi Herai, André Brait Carneiro Fabotti, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho and Erika Cristina Jorge

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:866

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  34. Intramuscular fat (IMF) is one of the most important factors positively associated with meat quality. Triglycerides (TGs), as the main component of IMF, play an essential role in muscle lipid metabolism. This ...

    Authors: Lu Liu, Xiaojing Liu, Huanxian Cui, Ranran Liu, Guiping Zhao and Jie Wen

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:863

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  35. The ureagenesis plays a central role in the homeostatic control of nitrogen metabolism. This process occurs in the liver, the key metabolic organ in the maintenance of energy homeostasis in the body. To date, ...

    Authors: Zhongyan Lu, Zhihui Xu, Zanming Shen, Hong Shen and Jörg R. Aschenbach

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:854

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  36. Subfertility is a major issue facing the dairy industry as the average US Holstein cow conception rate (CCR) is approximately 35%. The genetics underlying the physiological processes responsible for CCR, the p...

    Authors: Jennifer N. Kiser, Erin Clancey, Joao G. N. Moraes, Joseph Dalton, Gregory W. Burns, Thomas E. Spencer and Holly L. Neibergs

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:840

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  37. Similar to humans, the zebrafish brain plays a central role in regulating sexual reproduction, maturation and sexual behavior. However, systematic studies of the dimorphic patterns of gene expression in the br...

    Authors: Wenliang Yuan, Shouwen Jiang, Dan Sun, Zhichao Wu, Cai Wei, Chaoxu Dai, Linhua Jiang and Sihua Peng

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:830

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  38. Dual-purpose cattle are more adaptive to environmental challenges than single-purpose dairy or beef cattle. Balance among milk, reproductive, and mastitis resistance traits in breeding programs is therefore mo...

    Authors: Jinghang Zhou, Liyuan Liu, Chunpeng James Chen, Menghua Zhang, Xin Lu, Zhiwu Zhang, Xixia Huang and Yuangang Shi

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:827

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  39. At sexual maturity, the liver of laying hens undergoes many metabolic changes to support vitellogenesis. In published transcriptomic approaches, hundreds of genes were reported to be overexpressed in laying he...

    Authors: Audrey Gloux, Michel J. Duclos, Aurélien Brionne, Marie Bourin, Yves Nys and Sophie Réhault-Godbert

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:821

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  40. The brain plays a critical role in upstream regulation of processes central to mating effort, parental effort, and self-maintenance. For seasonally breeding animals, the brain is likely mediating trade-offs am...

    Authors: Alexandra B. Bentz, Douglas B. Rusch, Aaron Buechlein and Kimberly A. Rosvall

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:819

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  41. The Djallonke sheep is well adapted to harsh environmental conditions, and is relatively resistant to Haemonchosis and resilient to animal trypanosomiasis. The larger Sahelian sheep, which cohabit the same reg...

    Authors: M. Yaro, K. A. Munyard, E. Morgan, R. J. N. Allcock, M. J. Stear and D. M. Groth

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:816

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  42. The study of the mechanisms controlling wound healing is an attractive area within the field of biology, with it having a potentially significant impact on the health sector given the current medical burden as...

    Authors: Pavel Abaffy, Silvie Tomankova, Ravindra Naraine, Mikael Kubista and Radek Sindelka

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:815

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  43. Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) infection can cause acute inflammation. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in a number of biological process including inflammation response. However,...

    Authors: Xuelian Ma, Xiaomin Zhao, Kaili Wang, Xiaoyi Tang, Jianxiong Guo, Mi Mi, Yanping Qi, Lingling Chang, Yong Huang and Dewen Tong

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:806

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  44. The mitogenomes of 12 teleost fish of the bothid family (order Pleuronectiformes) indicated that the genomic-scale rearrangements characterized in previous work. A novel mechanism of genomic rearrangement call...

    Authors: Hairong Luo, Xiaoyu Kong, Shixi Chen and Wei Shi

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:792

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  45. Diverse microbial communities colonizing the intestine of fish contribute to their growth, digestion, nutrition, and immune function. We hypothesized that fecal samples representing the gut microbiota of rainb...

    Authors: Pratima Chapagain, Brock Arivett, Beth M. Cleveland, Donald M. Walker and Mohamed Salem

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:788

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  46. Early development is a key process of the life history of fish. However, the relationship between the transcriptome and the dynamic regulation of early development is still uncharacterized in the bighead carp (Hy...

    Authors: Jianjun Fu, Wenbin Zhu, Lanmei Wang, Mingkun Luo, Feibiao Song and Zaijie Dong

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:781

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  47. Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) is the member of the genus Pestivirus within the Flaviviridae family and responsible for severe economic losses in the cattle industry. BVDV can employ ‘infect-and-persist’ str...

    Authors: Cun Liu, Yanhan Liu, Lin Liang, Shangjin Cui and Yanming Zhang

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:774

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  49. A complete understanding of the genetic basis for sexual determination and differentiation is necessary in order to implement efficient breeding schemes at early stages of development. Atlantic salmon belongs ...

    Authors: María Gabián, Paloma Morán, Ana I. Fernández, Beatriz Villanueva, Amel Chtioui, Matthew P. Kent, Lara Covelo-Soto, Almudena Fernández and María Saura

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:764

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  50. Copy Number Variation (CNV) is a common form of genetic variation underlying animal evolution and phenotypic diversity across a wide range of species. In the mammalian genome, high frequency of CNV differentia...

    Authors: Marina Solé, Michela Ablondi, Amrei Binzer-Panchal, Brandon D. Velie, Nina Hollfelder, Nadine Buys, Bart J. Ducro, Liesbeth François, Steven Janssens, Anouk Schurink, Åsa Viklund, Susanne Eriksson, Anders Isaksson, Hanna Kultima, Sofia Mikko and Gabriella Lindgren

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:759

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