• Identification of transcriptional regulatory variants in pig duodenum, liver, and muscle tissues 

      Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Acloque, Hervé; González-Rodríguez, Olga; Mongellaz, Mayrone; Mercat, Marie-José; Bink, Marco C A M; Huisman, Abe E; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Sanchez, Juan Pablo; Ballester Devis, Maria (GigaScience, 2023-06-24) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background In humans and livestock species, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been applied to study the association between variants distributed across the genome and a phenotype of interest. ...
    • Impact of multi-output and stacking methods on feed efficiency prediction from genotype using machine learning algorithms 

      Mora, Mónica; González, Pablo; Quevedo, José Ramón; Montañés, Elena; Tusell Palomero, Llibertat; Bergsma, Rob; Piles, Miriam (Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 2023-07-05) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Feeding represents the largest economic cost in meat production; therefore, selection to improve traits related to feed efficiency is a goal in most livestock breeding programs. Residual feed intake ...
    • Influence of dietary n-3 long-chain fatty acids on microbial diversity and composition of sows’ feces, colostrum, milk, and suckling piglets’ feces 

      Llauradó-Calero, Eudald; Climent, Eric; Chenoll, Empar; Ballester Devis, Maria; Badiola, Ignacio; Lizardo, Rosil; Torrallardona, David; Esteve-Garcia, Enric; Tous, Núria (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022-12-05) Genètica i Millora Animal; Nutrició Animal; Sanitat Animal
      Introduction: Very little is known about the impact of n-3 long-chain fatty acids (n-3 LCFAs) on the microbiota of sows and their piglets. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of n-3 LCFA ...
    • Liver transcriptome profile in pigs with extreme phenotypes of intramuscular fatty acid composition 

      Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Mach, Nuria; Esteve-Codina, Anna; Corominas, Jordi; Castelló, Anna; Ballester, Maria; Estellé, Jordi; Ibanez-Escriche, Noelia; Fernández, Ana I.; Pérez-Enciso, Miguel; Folch, Josep M (BMC Genomics, 2012-10-11) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background: New advances in high-throughput technologies have allowed for the massive analysis of genomic data, providing new opportunities for the characterization of the transcriptome architectures. ...
    • Mutations on a conserved distal enhancer in the porcine C-reactive protein gene impair its expression in liver 

      Hernández-Banqué, Carles; Jové-Juncà, Teodor; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; González-Rodríguez, Olga; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Esteve-Codina, Anna; Mercat, Marie-José; Bink, Marco C. A. M.; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ballester, Maria (Frontiers in Immunology, 2023-09-14) Genètica i Millora Animal
      C-reactive protein (CRP) is an evolutionary highly conserved protein. Like humans, CRP acts as a major acute phase protein in pigs. While CRP regulatory mechanisms have been extensively studied in humans, ...
    • Networks of inbreeding coefficients in a selected population of rabbits 

      Rodríguez‐Ramilo, Silvia T.; Reverter, Antonio; Sánchez, Juan P.; Fernández, Jesus; Velasco‐Galilea, Maria; González, Olga; Piles, Miriam (Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 2020-08-17) Genètica i Millora Animal
      The correlation between pedigree and genomic‐based inbreeding coefficients is usually discussed in the literature. However, some of these correlations could be spurious. Using partial correlations and ...
    • On the holobiont ‘predictome’ of immunocompetence in pigs 

      Calle-García, Joan; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Zingaretti, Laura M.; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ballester Devis, Maria; Pérez-Enciso, Miguel (Genetics Selection Evolution, 2023-05-01) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background Gut microbial composition plays an important role in numerous traits, including immune response. Integration of host genomic information with microbiome data is a natural step in the prediction ...
    • Risk factors and genetic parameters of longevity in Spanish dairy goat breeds using a Weibull proportional hazards model 

      Ziadi, Chiraz; Sánchez, Juan Pablo; Sánchez, Manuel; Molina, Antonio (Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2023-12-07) Genètica i Millora Animal
      The aim of this study was to assess the most important risk factors that influence productive life (PL) and to estimate genetic parameters for PL using a Weibull proportional hazards model in two Spanish ...
    • Role of AMPK signalling pathway during compensatory growth in pigs 

      Ballester, Maria; Amills, Marcel; González-Rodríguez, Olga; Cardoso, Tainã F.; Pascual, Mariam; González-Prendes, Rayner; Panella-Riera, Núria; Díaz, Isabel; Tibau, Joan; Quintanilla, Raquel (BMC Genomics, 2018-09-17) Genètica i Millora Animal; Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
      Background: The molecular basis of compensatory growth in monogastric animals has not yet been fully explored. Herewith, in this study we aim to determine changes in the pig skeletal muscle transcriptome ...
    • Segregation of Regulatory Polymorphisms with Effects on the Gluteus Medius Transcriptome in a Purebred Pig Population 

      Cánovas, Angela; Pena, Romi; Gallardo, David; Ramırez, Oscar; Amills, Marcel; Quintanilla, Raquel (PLoS ONE, 2012-04-24) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background: The main goal of the present study was to analyse the genetic architecture of mRNA expression in muscle, a tissue with an outmost economic importance for pig breeders. Previous studies have ...
    • Selection of Internal Control Genes for Real-Time Quantitative PCR in Ovary and Uterus of Sows across Pregnancy 

      Martínez-Giner, María; Noguera, José Luis; Balcells, Ingrid; Fernández-Rodríguez, Amanda; Pena, Ramona N. (PLoS ONE, 2013-06-13) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background: Reproductive traits play a key role in pig production in order to reduce costs and increase economic returns. Among others, gene expression analyses represent a useful approach to study ...
    • SNP variation in the promoter of the PRKAG3 gene and association with meat quality traits in pig 

      Ryan, Marion T.; Hamill, Ruth M.; O’Halloran, Aisling M.; Davey, Grace C.; McBryan, Jean; Mullen, Anne M.; McGee, Chris; Gispert, Marina; Southwood, Olwen I.; Sweeney, Torres (BMC Genetics, 2012-07-25) Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
      Background: The PRKAG3 gene encodes the γ3 subunit of adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase (AMPK), a protein that plays a key role in energy metabolism in skeletal muscle. Non-synonymous ...
    • Social network analysis of agonistic behaviour and its association with economically important traits in pigs 

      Agha, Saif; Fàbrega, Emma; Quintanilla, Raquel; Sánchez, Juan Pablo (Animals, 2020-11-16) Benestar Animal; Genètica i Millora Animal
      Aggression behaviour has several negative consequences on the performance and welfare of pigs. Here, the Social Network Analysis (SNA) approach was employed to (1) identify individual traits that describe ...
    • Syntenic relationships between cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and melon (C. melo L.) chromosomes as revealed by comparative genetic mapping 

      Li, Dawei; Cuevas, Hugo E.; Yang, Luming; Li, Yuhong; Garcia-Mas, Jordi; Zalapa, Juan; Staub, Jack E.; Luan, Feishi; Reddy, Umesh; He, Xiaoming; Gong, Zhenhui; Weng, Yiqun (BMC Genomics, 2011-08-05) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      Background: Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. (2n = 2 × = 14) and melon, C. melo L. (2n = 2 × = 24) are two important vegetable species in the genus Cucumis (family Cucurbitaceae). Both species have an Asian ...
    • The genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) 

      Shulaev, Vladimir; Sargent, Daniel J.; Crowhurst, Ross N.; Mockler, Todd C.; Folkerts, Otto; Delcher, Arthur L.; Jaiswal, Pankaj; Mockaitis, Keithanne; Liston, Aaron; Mane, Shrinivasrao P.; Burns, Paul; Davis, Thomas M.; Slovin, Janet P.; Bassil, Nahla; Hellens, Roger P.; Evans, Clive; Harkins, Tim; Kodira, Chinnappa; Desany, Brian; Crasta, Oswald R.; Jensen, Roderick V.; Allan, Andrew C.; Michael, Todd P.; Setubal, Joao Carlos; Celton, Jean-Marc; Rees, D. Jasper G.; Williams, Kelly P.; Holt, Sarah H.; Ruiz Rojas, Juan Jairo; Chatterjee, Mithu; Liu, Bo; Silva, Herman; Meisel, Lee; Adato, Avital; Filichkin, Sergei A.; Troggio, Michela; Viola, Roberto; Ashman, Tia-Lynn; Wang, Hao; Dharmawardhana, Palitha; Elser, Justin; Raja, Rajani; Priest, Henry D.; Bryant Jr., Douglas W.; Fox, Samuel E.; Givan, Scott A.; Wilhelm, Larry J.; Naithani, Sushma; Christoffels, Alan; Salama, David Y.; Carter, Jade; Lopez Girona, Elena; Zdepski, Anna; Wang, Wenqin; Kerstetter, Randall A.; Schwab, Wilfried; Korban, Schuyler S.; Davik, Jahn; Monfort, Amparo; Denoyes-Rothan, Beatrice; Arús, Pere; Mittler, Ron; Flinn, Barry; Aharoni, Asaph; Bennetzen, Jeffrey L.; Salzberg, Steven L.; Dickerman, Allan W.; Velasco, Riccardo; Borodovsky, Mark; Veilleux, Richard E.; Folta, Kevin M. (Nature Genetics, 2010-12-26) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      The woodland strawberry, Fragaria vesca (2n = 2x = 14), is a versatile experimental plant system. This diminutive herbaceous  perennial has a small genome (240 Mb), is amenable to genetic transformat ...
    • The origin of human pathogenicity and biological interactions in Chaetothyriales 

      Quan, Yu; Deng, Shuwen; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc Xavier; Mayer, Veronika E.; Muggia, Lucia; Cometto, Agnese; Vicente, Vania A.; Menezes da Silva, Nickolas; Grisolia, Maria Eduarda; Song, Yinggai; Ahmed, Sarah A.; Niu, Xueke; Lima, Bruna Jacomel Favoreto de Souza; Feng, Peiying; Vitale, Roxana G.; Teixeira, Marcus; Sudhadham, Montarop; Azevedo, Conceicao Pedrozo e Silva de; Bocca, Anamelia; Haase, Gerhard; Selbmann, Laura; Shi, Dongmei; Kang, Yingqian; de Hoog, Sybren (Fungal Diversity, 2023-03-01) Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
      Fungi in the order Chaetothyriales are renowned for their ability to cause human infections. Nevertheless, they are not regarded as primary pathogens, but rather as opportunists with a natural habitat ...
    • Transcriptional Characterization of Porcine Leptin and Leptin Receptor Genes 

      Pérez-Montarelo, Dafne; Fernández, Almudena; Barragán, Carmen; Noguera, José Luis; Folch, Josep M.; Rodríguez, M. Carmen; Óvilo, Cristina; Silió, Luis; Fernández, Ana I. (PLoS ONE, 2013-06-18) Genètica i Millora Animal
      The leptin (LEP) and its receptor (LEPR) regulate food intake and energy balance through hypothalamic signaling. However, the LEP-LEPR axis seems to be more complex and its expression regulation has not ...
    • Whole genome comparisons of Fragaria, Prunus and Malus reveal different modes of evolution between Rosaceous subfamilies 

      Jung, Sook; Cestaro, Alessandro; Troggio, Michela; Main, Dorrie; Zheng, Ping; Cho, Ilhyung; Folta, Kevin M; Sosinski, Bryon; Abbott, Albert; Celton, Jean-Marc; Arús, Pere; Shulaev, Vladimir; Verde, Ignazio; Morgante, Michele; Rokhsar, Daniel; Velasco, Riccardo; Sargent, Daniel James (BMC Genomics, 2012-04-04) Genòmica i Biotecnologia
      Background: Rosaceae include numerous economically important and morphologically diverse species. Comparative mapping between the member species in Rosaceae have indicated some level of synteny. ...
    • Whole rumen metagenome sequencing allows classifying and predicting feed efficiency and intake levels in cattle 

      Delgado, Beatriz; Bach, Alex; Guasch, Isabel; González, Carmen; Elcoso, Guillermo; Pryce, Jennie E.; Gonzalez-Recio, Oscar (Scientific Reports, 2019-01-09) Producció de Remugants
      The current research was carried out to determine the associations between the rumen microbiota and traits related with feed efficiency in a Holstein cattle population (n = 30) using whole metagenome ...