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Open AccessImpacts of longitudinal water curtain cooling system on transcriptome-related immunity in ducks
The closed poultry houses integrated with a longitudinal water curtain cooling system (LWCCS) are widely used in modern poultry production. This study showed the variations in environmental conditions in close...
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Open AccessIdentification of the genetic basis of the duck growth rate in multiple growth stages using genome-wide association analysis
The genetic locus responsible for duck body size has been fully explained before, but the growth trait-related genetic basis is still waiting to be explored. For example, the genetic site related to growth rat...
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Construction of adenovirus vector expressing duck sclerostin and its induction effect on myogenic proliferation and differentiation in vitro
Bones and muscles originated together from the mesoderm during embryogenesis, and they can influence each other through mechanical stimulations and chemical signals. The sclerostin (SOST) is secreted from matu...
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Open AccessEffects of floor- and net-rearing systems on intestinal growth and microbial diversity in the ceca of ducks
Rearing systems can affect livestock production directly, but whether they have effects on intestinal growth states and ceca microorganisms in ducks is largely unclear. The current study used Nonghua ducks to ...
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Open AccessSingle-molecule long-read sequencing reveals the potential impact of posttranscriptional regulation on gene dosage effects on the avian Z chromosome
Mammalian sex chromosomes provide dosage compensation, but avian lack a global mechanism of dose compensation. Herein, we employed nanopore sequencing to investigate the genetic basis of gene expression and ge...
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Adsorption Behavior of Asphaltene on Clay Minerals and Quartz in a Heavy Oil Sandstone Reservoir with Thermal Damage
Differences in the properties of clay minerals cause formation damage under the condition of thermal production in heavy-oil reservoirs; asphaltenes adsorbed on clay minerals exacerbate the formation damage. T...
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Open AccessGenome-wide association analysis reveals that EDNRB2 causes a dose-dependent loss of pigmentation in ducks
Birds have various plumage color patterns, and spot is a common phenotype. Herein, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in a population of 225 ducks with different sized black spots to reveal th...
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Open AccessLipidomics profiling of goose granulosa cell model of stearoyl-CoA desaturase function identifies a pattern of lipid droplets associated with follicle development
Despite their important functions and nearly ubiquitous presence in cells, an understanding of the biology of intracellular lipid droplets (LDs) in goose follicle development remains limited. An integrated stu...
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Transcriptome reveals genes involving in black skin color formation of ducks
Skin color is colorful for birds, which has been reported to be associated with multi-biological functions, such as crypsis, camouflage, social signaling and mate choice, but little is known about its underlyi...
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Open AccessMolecular evolution of the ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 gene subfamily and its paralogs in birds
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in the active transportation of various endogenous or exogenous substances. Two ABCG2 gene subfamily members have been identified in birds. A detailed comparat...
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Open AccessIntegration of c-axis oriented Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti2.95Hf0.05O12/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 ferromagnetic-ferroelectric composite film on Si substrate
A La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (LSMO) ferromagnetic layer and a Nd3+/Hf4+ co-substituted Bi4Ti3O12 (Bi3.15Nd0.85Ti3-xHfxO12 (BNTHx, x = 0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.15)) ferroelectric layer were successively deposited onto the ...
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Effects of rosiglitazone on proliferation and differentiation of duck preadipocytes
Rosiglitazone (RSG), one member of the thiazolidinediones (TZDs), is a type of anti-diabetic drug in diabetic humans and animal models, whose function remains unknown in waterfowl. In this study, effects of RS...
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Polymorphism of follicle stimulating hormone beta (FSHβ) subunit gene and its association with litter traits in giant panda
The different SSCP patterns of the follicle stimulating hormone beta (FSHβ) gene amplified by three pairs of primers were sequenced. Comparisons among the three nucleotide sequences of three genotypes indicate...
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Effects of palmitic acid on lipid metabolism homeostasis and apoptosis in goose primary hepatocytes
Studies have shown that not only does palmitic acid promote triglyceride (TG) accumulation, but it also affects cell viability in in vitro steatosis models. However, to what degree these effects are mediated b...
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Identification of differentially expressed genes between hepatocytes of Landes geese (Anser anser) and Sichuan White geese (Anser cygnoides)
In this study, we examined gene expression in order to identify genes that are differentially expressed between the hepatocytes of Sichuan White geese and Landes geese. We hypothesized that such genes may be i...
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The role of LXRα in goose primary hepatocyte lipogenesis
In this study, we investigate the role of liver X receptor α (LXRα) in lipogenesis in geese in order to understand the differences in hepatic steatosis mechanisms between mammals and waterfowl. Primary goose h...
