Bovine and buffalo are important livestock species that have contributed to human lives for
more than 1000 years. Improving fertility is very important to reduce the cost of production. In …

Background 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 …

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) has recently become one of the ideal genetic
markers. SNP refers to the DNA sequence polymorphism caused by double nucleotide …

Background Heterosis has been suggested to be caused by dominance effects. We
performed a joint genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) using data from multi-breed …

The objectives of this study were to describe, using the goat SNP50 BeadChip (Illumina Inc.,
San Diego, CA), molecular data for the French dairy goat population and compare the effect …

Background A genomic relationship matrix (GRM) can be inverted efficiently with the
Algorithm for Proven and Young (APY) through recursion on a small number of core …

Linkage disequilibrium (LD), the observed correlation between alleles at different loci in the
genome, is a determinant parameter in many applications of molecular genetics. With the …

Well-established biofilms formed by Streptococcus mutans via exopolysaccharide matrix
synthesis are firmly attached to tooth surfaces. Enhanced understanding of the physical …

Background As a major economic trait in chickens, egg weight (EW) receives widespread
interests in breeding, production and consumption. However, limited information is available …

The estimation of linkage disequilibrium between molecular markers within a population is
critical when establishing the minimum number of markers required for association studies …