Ministry of Science,Innovation and Universities,Spain(NextGeneration EU funds;María Zambrano Program 124/MTAI/22;and PID2020-113320RB-I00);Agency for Management of University and Research Grants,Regional Government of Catalonia,Spain(2021-SGR-00900);Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies(ICREA).
Background Sperm cryopreservation is widely used in the cattle industry,as it allows for disassociating the localiza-tion of sires and the collection of semen from the timing of artificial insemination.While freeze-th...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFF1000100 to Long Jin and 2023YFD1300012 to Long Jin);the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2022JDJQ0054 to Long Jin and 2021YFYZ0009 to Mingzhou Li);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32225046 to Mingzhou Li)。
Background Goose, descendants of migratory ancestors, have undergone extensive selective breeding, resulting in their remarkable ability to accumulate fat in the liver and exhibit a high tolerance for significant ener...
funded by the National Science Foundation of China (32372910 and 32102567);the Program for Shaanxi Science&Technology (2022KJXX-13, 2023-YBNY-144, K3031223077 and 2022GD-TSLD-46–0302)
Background Fatty liver disease causes huge economic losses in the poultry industry due to its high occurrence and lethality rate.Three-dimensional(3D)chromatin architecture takes part in disease processing by regulati...
This research was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation scheme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No.801342(Tecniospring INDUSTRY;Grant:TECSPR-19-1-0003);the Ministry of Science and Innovation,Spain(Grants:PID2020-113320RB-I00,PID2020-113493RB-I00,RYC2021-034546-I and RYC2021-034764-I);the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants,Regional Government of Catalonia,Spain(Grants:2017-SGR-1229 and 2021-SGR-00900);the Seneca Foundation,Regional Government of Murcia,Spain(Grant:21935/PI/22);La Marato de TV3 Foundation(Grant:214/857-202039);and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies(ICREA).
Background Protamination and condensation of sperm chromatin as well as DNA integrity play an essential role during fertilization and embryo development.In some mammals,like pigs,ejaculates are emitted in three separa...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant No.31972558];the Agricultural Improved Seed Project of Shandong Province[Grant No.2020LZGC014-03]。
Background Sharply increased beef consumption is propelling the genetic improvement projects of beef cattle in China.Three-dimensional genome structure is confirmed to be an important layer of transcription regulation...
supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFF1000601).
Background:A comprehensive landscape of chromatin states for multiple mammalian tissues is essential for elucidating the molecular mechanism underlying regulatory variants on complex traits.However,the genome-wide chr...
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation scheme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No.801342(Tecniospring INDUSTRY,TECSPR-19-1-0003);the Ministry of Science and Innovation,Spain(AGL2017-88329-R and PID2020-113320RBI00);the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants,Regional Government of Catalonia,Spain(2017-SGR-1229);the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies(ICREA);La Maratóde TV3 Foundation(214/857-202039)。
Background:The analysis of chromatin integrity has become an important determinant of sperm quality.In frozenthawed bovine sperm,neither the sequence of post-thaw injury events nor the dynamics of different types of s...
the support from the Ministry of Science;Innovation and Universities,Spain (AGL2017–88329-R and FPU18/00666);Regional Government of Catalonia,Spain (2017-SGR-1229);University of Girona (Postdoc-Ud G2020)。
Background:Genetic selection in cattle has been directed to increase milk production.This,coupled to the fact that the vast majority of bovine artificial inseminations(AI)are performed using cryopreserved sperm,have l...
supported by the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(ASTIP-IAS02).
Background:The development of skeletal muscle in pigs during the embryonic stage is precisely regulated by transcriptional mechanisms,which depend on chromatin accessibility.However,how chromatin accessibility plays a...