supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD1302204);the earmarked fund CARS36;Ningxia Key Research and Development Program of China(2023BCF01004;2019NYYZ09)。
Background Biologically annotated neural networks(BANNs)are feedforward Bayesian neural network models that utilize partially connected architectures based on SN P-set annotations.As an interpretable neural network,BA...
supported by grants from the Key Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32230101);the Project of Qingyuan Science and Technology (2020A01, 2021SJXM011);the Agriculture Research System (CARS-41);the Core Breed Source Research Project JBGS (2021) 107
Background Carcass traits are crucial indicators of meat production efficiency.However,the molecular regulatory mechanisms associated with these traits remain unclear.Results In this study,we conducted comprehensive t...
supported by the earmarked fund for the Beijing Agriculture Innovation Consortium(BAIC06-2023-G01);open project of Xinjiang Production&Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin(BRZD2104);Fuyang Normal University Provincial and Ministerial Open Platform Fund(FSKFKT026D).
Background Chicken is one of the most numerous and widely distributed species around the world,and many studies support the multiple ancestral origins of domestic chickens.The research regarding the yellow skin phenot...
supported by grants from the Key Technologies Research on New Breed of Broiler Poultry by Integration of Breeding,Reproduction and Promotion(2021CXGC010805-02);Taishan Industry Leadership Talent Project of Shandong province in China(TSCY20190108);China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-42);the Science and Technology Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CXGC-IAS-09).
Background Carcass traits are crucial for broiler ducks,but carcass traits can only be measured postmortem.Genomic selection(GS)is an effective approach in animal breeding to improve selection and reduce costs.However...
supported by a Technical Innovation of Crossbred in Swine and Breed High Fertility Lines Project(2022B0202090002);a Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Province(2019BT02N630);a Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province project(2018B030313011);Innovative Teams of Modern Agriculture and Industry Technology System of Guangdong Province(2022KJ26).
Background Pork quality can directly affect customer purchase tendency and meat quality traits have become valu-able in modern pork production.However,genetic improvement has been slow due to high phenotyping costs.In...
funded by the Natural Science Foundations of China(No.32172702);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFD1301101);Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(ASTIP-IAS02)。
Background Genomic selection involves choosing as parents those elite individuals with the higher genomic estimated breeding values(GEBV)to accelerate the speed of genetic improvement in domestic animals.But after mul...
funded by the"Genetic improvement of pig survival"project from Danish Pig Levy Foundation (Aarhus,Denmark);The China Scholarship Council (CSC)for providing scholarship to the first author。
Background:Survival from birth to slaughter is an important economic trait in commercial pig productions.Increasing survival can improve both economic efficiency and animal welfare.The aim of this study is to explore ...
funded by the AGL-2017-84217-P Research project from Ministerio de Economia,Industria y Competitividad,Gobierno de Espana.
Background:Estimating inbreeding,which is omnipresent and inevitable in livestock populations,is a primary goal for management and animal breeding especially for those interested in mitigating the negative consequence...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31970540&31801030);the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(Grant No.CARS-41);the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2021YFD1300100)。
Avian leukosis(AL)is a general term for a variety of neoplastic diseases in avian caused by avian leukosis virus(ALV).No vaccine or drug is currently available for the disease.Therefore,the disease can result in sever...
funds from the National Natural Science Foundations of China(32172693);the Program of National Beef Cattle and Yak Industrial Technology System(CARS-37)。
Background:Genomic selection(GS)has revolutionized animal and plant breeding after the first implementation via early selection before measuring phenotypes.Besides genome,transcriptome and metabolome information are i...