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    Animal Genetics: Volume 47, Issue 1

    1-137
    February 2016
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  • Pages: 1-2
  • First Published: 14 January 2016

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Accuracy of genomic selection for age at puberty in a multi-breed population of tropically adapted beef cattle

M. M. Farah,  A. A. Swan,  M. R. S. Fortes,  R. Fonseca,  S. S. Moore,  M. J. Kelly, 
  • Pages: 3-11
  • First Published: 22 October 2015
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Detection of genetic variants affecting cattle behaviour and their impact on milk production: a genome-wide association study

Juliane Friedrich,  Bodo Brand,  Siriluck Ponsuksili,  Katharina L. Graunke,  Jan Langbein,  Jacqueline Knaust,  Christa Kühn,  Manfred Schwerin, 
  • Pages: 12-18
  • First Published: 30 October 2015
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Inbreeding and purging at the genomic Level: the Chillingham cattle reveal extensive, non-random SNP heterozygosity

J. L. Williams,  S. J.G. Hall,  M. Del Corvo,  K. T. Ballingall,  L. Colli,  P. Ajmone Marsan,  F. Biscarini, 
  • Pages: 19-27
  • First Published: 11 November 2015
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Different gene expressions between cattle and yak provide insights into high-altitude adaptation

K. Wang,  Y. Yang,  L. Wang,  T. Ma,  H. Shang,  L. Ding,  J. Han,  Q. Qiu, 
  • Pages: 28-35
  • First Published: 05 November 2015
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association from genomic prediction models

Y. L. Bernal Rubio,  J. L. Gualdrón Duarte,  R. O. Bates,  C. W. Ernst,  D. Nonneman,  G. A. Rohrer,  A. King,  S. D. Shackelford,  T. L. Wheeler,  R. J. C. Cantet,  J. P. Steibel, 
  • Pages: 36-48
  • First Published: 26 November 2015
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Transcriptomic landscape for lymphocyte count variation in poly I:C-induced porcine peripheral blood

H. Wang,  Y. Hou,  J. Guo,  H. Chen,  X. Liu,  Z. Wu,  S. Zhao,  M. Zhu, 
  • Pages: 49-61
  • First Published: 26 November 2015
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Evidence for the effect of serotonin receptor 1A gene (HTR1A) polymorphism on tractability in Thoroughbred horses

Y. Hori,  T. Tozaki,  Y. Nambo,  F. Sato,  M. Ishimaru,  M. Inoue-Murayama,  K. Fujita, 
  • Pages: 62-67
  • First Published: 19 November 2015
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Genome-wide RNA-Seq analysis of breast muscles of two broiler chicken groups differing in shear force

K. Piórkowska,  K. Żukowski,  J. Nowak,  K. Połtowicz,  K. Ropka-Molik,  A. Gurgul, 
  • Pages: 68-80
  • First Published: 22 November 2015
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High-density interspecific genetic linkage mapping provides insights into genomic incompatibility between channel catfish and blue catfish

S. Liu,  Y. Li,  Z. Qin,  X. Geng,  L. Bao,  L. Kaltenboeck,  H. Kucuktas,  R. Dunham,  Z. Liu, 
  • Pages: 81-90
  • First Published: 04 November 2015
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Variant in the RFWD3 gene associated with PATN1, a modifier of leopard complex spotting

H. M. Holl,  S. A. Brooks,  S. Archer,  K. Brown,  J. Malvick,  M. C. T. Penedo,  R. R. Bellone, 
  • Pages: 91-101
  • First Published: 16 November 2015

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A genome-wide association study reveals a quantitative trait locus for days open on chromosome 2 in Japanese Black cattle

Shinji Sasaki,  Takayuki Ibi,  Takatoshi Kojima,  Yoshikazu Sugimoto, 
  • Pages: 102-105
  • First Published: 16 September 2015
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PEG3 domain gene expression in maternal and foetal placenta in intrauterine growth restricted bovine foetuses

Shun Li,  Hubert Pausch,  Heli Venhoranta,  Krzysztof Adamowicz,  Magnus Andersson,  Lech Zwierzchowski,  Alexander Kind,  Angelika Schnieke,  Krzysztof Flisikowski, 
  • Pages: 106-109
  • First Published: 05 November 2015
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Reverse genetic screen for loss-of-function mutations uncovers a frameshifting deletion in the melanophilin gene accountable for a distinctive coat color in Belgian Blue cattle

Wanbo Li,  Arnaud Sartelet,  Nico Tamma,  Wouter Coppieters,  Michel Georges,  Carole Charlier, 
  • Pages: 110-113
  • First Published: 19 November 2015
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A regulatory gene network related to the porcine umami taste receptor (TAS1R1/TAS1R3)

J. M. Kim,  D. Ren,  A. Reverter,  E. Roura, 
  • Pages: 114-119
  • First Published: 11 November 2015
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The albinism of the feral Asinara white donkeys (Equus asinus) is determined by a missense mutation in a highly conserved position of the tyrosinase (TYR) gene deduced protein

V. J. Utzeri,  F. Bertolini,  A. Ribani,  G. Schiavo,  S. Dall'Olio,  L. Fontanesi, 
  • Pages: 120-124
  • First Published: 19 November 2015
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Identification and SNP association analysis of a novel gene in chicken

Xingxing Mei,  Xiangtao Kang,  Xiaojun Liu,  Lijuan Jia,  Hong Li,  Zhuanjian Li,  Ruirui Jiang, 
  • Pages: 125-127
  • First Published: 08 December 2015
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The prion-related protein (testis-specific) gene (PRNT) is highly polymorphic in Portuguese sheep

P. Mesquita,  V. Garcia,  M. R. Marques,  F. Santos Silva,  M. C. Oliveira Sousa,  I. Carolino,  J. Pimenta,  C. M. G. A. Fontes,  A. E. M. Horta,  J. A. M. Prates,  R. M. Pereira, 
  • Pages: 128-132
  • First Published: 05 November 2015

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Genetic traceability of cattle using an OpenArray genotyping platform

Anna Pozzi,  Cristina Previtali,  Silvia Cenadelli,  Luca Gandini,  Andrea Galli,  Graziella Bongioni, 
  • Pages: 133-134
  • First Published: 01 October 2015
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A SNP in the porcine chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 10 gene is associated with blood hemoglobin concentration

Jing Huang,  Ningying Xu,  Jianzhi Pan, 
  • Pages: 134-135
  • First Published: 26 October 2015
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Null alleles of microsatellites for Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum

Stefania Chiesa,  Livia Lucentini,  Rosa Freitas,  Francesco Nonnis Marzano,  Claudio Ferrari,  Laura Filonzi,  Silvia Breda,  Fabiola Minello,  Etelvina Figueira,  Emanuele Argese, 
  • Pages: 135-136
  • First Published: 20 November 2015
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Ovine leukocyte profiles do not associate with variation in the prion gene, but are breed dependent

Michelle R. Mousel,  Stephen N. White,  David R. Herndon,  James O. Reynolds,  Michael V. Gonzalez,  Wendell C. Johnson,  Massaro W. Ueti,  J. Bret Taylor,  Donald P. Knowles, 
  • Pages: 136-137
  • First Published: 20 December 2015