Publications by authors named "Quanzhong Xu"
Article Synopsis
- The study highlights the need for a comprehensive functional annotation of the sheep genome to better understand agronomic traits, particularly regarding tail fat weight.
- Researchers created an extensive dataset combining transcriptomic, epigenomic, whole-genome, and phenotypic data across multiple sheep breeds, identifying over 750,000 functional elements, with 60% being novel.
- Key findings include tissue-specific regulatory elements related to sensory and immune functions and a specific genetic variant linked to tail fat deposition, paving the way for future complex trait studies in sheep.
Background: The establishment of non-invasive diagnostic method for multiple ovulation prediction is helpful to improve the efficiency of multiple ovulation. The blood hormones and metabolites would be suitable indexes for this subject.
Methods: In this study, 86 estrus ewes (65 of induced estrus (IE) and 21 of spontaneous estrus (SE)) were selected and the blood samples were collected at the day before follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) injection (1) and before artificial insemination (2).