Puberty in female pigs is defined as age at first estrus and gilts that have an earlier puberty are more likely to greater lifetime productivity. Because predictive for sow longevity productivity, but not routinely measured commercial herds, it would be beneficial use genomic or marker-assisted selection improve these traits. A GWAS the US Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) identified several...

The BRCA1 gene plays an important role in the development of human breast cancer, and recent research indicated that genetic variations of BRCA1 are also related to canine mammary tumors (CMTs). Here, using rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), we cloned the 5'- and 3'-UTRs of BRCA1. By direct sequencing of the flanking sequences of the 5'- and 3'-UTRs of BRCA1, three previously unreported s...

MicroRNA are short and non-coding RNA, 18-25 nucleotides in length. They produced at the early stage of viral infection. The roles played by cellular miRNAs miRNA-mediated gene-silencing COVID-19 epidemic period is critical order to develop novel therapeutics. We analyzed SARS-CoV-2 Surface Glycoprotein (S) nucleotide sequence originating from India as well Iran, Australia, Germany, Italy, Russ...

A major aim of cattle genome research is to identify candidate genes associated with meat quantity and quality through QTL analysis for application in the livestock industry. Therefore, this study focused on discovery of useful SNPs within the LOC534614 gene, containing 12273_165 SNP which is located on the same site as the QTL on chromosome 6, and evaluation of the association between SNP and ...

Although large-scale genetic association studies involving hundreds to thousands of SNPs have become feasible, the associated cost is substantial. Even with the increased efficiency introduced by the use of tagSNPs, researchers are often seeking ways to maximize resource utilization given a set of SNP-based gene-mapping goals. We have developed a web server named QuickSNP in order to provide co...

BACKGROUND The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is polymorphic, encoding one of 3 common alleles (ε2, ε3, ε4) produced from combinations of 2 non-synonymous SNPs (rs429358 and rs7412). APOE plays an important role controlling plasma lipids but its association with adipocyte functionality and body fatness remains to be determined. METHODS We analyzed fasting plasma lipids and genotyped the two mai...

TAP1 and TAP2 genes code for the two subunits of the transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP), and in chicken they are located between the two MHC class I genes. Using primers based on chicken sequences, the genomic regions corresponding to chicken TAP1 exons 6 to 7 and TAP2 exons 4 to 6 (which encode portions of the chicken TAP1 and TAP2 molecules corresponding to the human peptide...

Waterborne epidemics of tularaemia caused by Francisella tularensis are increasingly reported in Turkey. We have used whole genome sequencing to investigate if F. tularensis isolated from patients could be traced back to drinking water sources. Tonsil swabs from 33 patients diagnosed with oropharyngeal tularaemia in three outbreaks and 140 water specimens were analysed. F. tularensis subsp. hol...

Pervasive purifying selection on non-synonymous substitutions is a hallmark of papillomavirus genome history, but the role and drift non-coding DNA motifs HPV diversification poorly understood. In this study, more than thousand complete genomes representing Alphapapillomavirus types, lineages, SNP variants were examined phylogenetically interrogated for number position sequence using Principal ...