Comprehensive selection signature analyses in dairy cattle exploiting purebred and crossbred genomic data

SS Nayak, M Panigrahi, D Rajawat, K Ghildiyal… - Mammalian …, 2023 - Springer
The main objective of the current research was to locate, annotate, and highlight specific
areas of the bovine genome that are undergoing intense positive selection. Here, we are …

Genome-wide mining of diversity and evolutionary signatures revealed selective hotspots in Indian Sahiwal cattle

D Rajawat, K Ghildiyal, SS Nayak, A Sharma, S Parida… - Gene, 2024 - Elsevier
The Sahiwal cattle breed is the best indigenous dairy cattle breed, and it plays a pivotal role
in the Indian dairy industry. This is due to its exceptional milk-producing potential …

Genomic patterns of selection in morphometric traits across diverse Indian cattle breeds

D Rajawat, SS Nayak, K Jain, A Sharma, S Parida… - Mammalian …, 2024 - Springer
This study seeks a comprehensive exploration of genome-wide selective processes
impacting morphometric traits across diverse cattle breeds, utilizing an array of statistical …

Deciphering climate resilience in Indian cattle breeds by selection signature analyses

SS Nayak, M Panigrahi, D Rajawat, K Ghildiyal… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2024 - Springer
The signature of selection is a crucial concept in evolutionary biology that refers to the
pattern of genetic variation which arises in a population due to natural selection. In the …

Single cell RNA-seq: a novel tool to unravel virus-host interplay

HR Jogi, N Smaraki, SS Nayak, D Rajawat, DJ Kamothi… - VirusDisease, 2024 - Springer
Over the last decade, single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technology has caught the
momentum of being a vital revolutionary tool to unfold cellular heterogeneity by high …

Dissecting the genomic regions of selection on the X chromosome in different cattle breeds

D Rajawat, M Panigrahi, SS Nayak, B Bhushan… - 3 Biotech, 2024 - Springer
Mammalian X and Y chromosomes independently evolved from various autosomes
approximately 300 million years ago (MYA). To fully understand the relationship between …

Digital image processing to detect adaptive evolution

MR Amin, M Hasan, M DeGiorgio - Molecular Biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, advances in image processing and machine learning have fueled a
paradigm shift in detecting genomic regions under natural selection. Early machine learning …

Selection signatures of wool color in Gangba sheep revealed by genome-wide SNP discovery

W Zhang, C Luosang, C Yuan, T Guo, C Wei, J Liu… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Gangba sheep as a famous breed of Tibetan sheep, its wool color is mainly
white and black. Gangba wool is economically important as a high-quality raw material for …

Intraspecific variation and functional study of VERL polymorphism in Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai Ino) and giant abalone (H. gigantea Gmelin)

H Luo, Y Wang, J Huang, B Miao, H Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Sperm and eggs have interacting proteins on their surfaces that affect their compatibility
during fertilization. These gamete recognition proteins (GRPs) are typically polymorphic …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of genetic structure and identification of important genes associated with muscle growth in Fujian Muscovy duck

R Lin, H Li, L Lai, F Yang, J Qiu, W Lin, X Bao, C Pan… - Poultry Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Fujian Muscovy duck is a well-known meat waterfowl in Fujian Province due to its high meat
production, superior breeding potential, and strong resistance. To fully explore the genetic …