support from the National Institutes of Health grant R01-GM134539(EJ.W).
Background:Genome-wide association studies(GWAS)have identified thousands of genomic non-coding variants statistically associated with many human traits and diseases,including cancer.However,the functional interpretat...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31701418 and 32072002);the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(2019JCW-18);and the 111 Project from the Ministry of Education of China(B07049).
Drought is a major environmental factor limiting wheat production worldwide,and developing drought-tolerant cultivars is a central challenge for wheat breeders globally.Therefore,it is important to identify genetic co...
supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072708);the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFE0128000);the Major Scientific Research Projects of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS-ZDRW202005).
Enhancing host immunity is an effective way to reduce morbidity in chickens.Heterophil to lymphocyte ratio(H/L)is associated with host disease resistance in birds.Chickens with different H/L levels show different dise...
This work was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research,Germany(No.01E01501.AD2-7117 to MS).
Body height,body mass index,hip and waist circumference are important risk factors or outcome variables in clinical and epidemiological research with complex underlying genetics.However,these classical anthropometric ...
funded by the European Fund for Regional Development/Ministerio de Ciencia,Innovación y Universidades-Agencia Estatal de Investigación/Project Reference AGL2016–76108-R;We acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness,through the“Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D”2016–2019(SEV-2015-0533);from the CERCA programme of the Generalitat de Catalunya.Dailu Guan was funded by a PhD fellowship from the China Scholarship Council(CSC);Maria Luigi-Sierra was funded with a PhD fellowship“Formación de Personal Investigador”(BES-C-2017-0024)awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity;Emilio Mármol-Sánchez was funded with a PhD fellowship(FPU15/01733)awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture(MECD).
Background:In this study,we aimed to investigate the molecular basis of lactation as well as to identify the genetic factors that influence milk yield and composition in goats.To achieve these two goals,we have analyz...