Genome-Wide Association Study and Phenotype Prediction of Reproductive Traits in Large White Pigs.

In a study involving 385 Large White pigs, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted to investigate reproductive traits, specifically the number of healthy litters (NHs) and the number of weaned litters (NWs). Several SNP loci, including ALGA0098819, ALGA0037969, and H3GA0032302, were significantly associated with these traits. In the combined-parity analysis, candidate genes, such as , , , and , were identified.

All-optical tunable slow-light based on an analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency in a hybrid metamaterial.

We demonstrate and analyze the use of metamaterials featuring an analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in slow light technology. For most metamaterials, EIT-like effects suffer from intrinsic ohmic loss, and the metamaterial-based slow-light effect can only be tuned passively, which limits their application in slow light devices. We propose a hybrid metamaterial with a unit cell composed of a ring resonator formed from photoactive silicon (Si) and a rectangular bar formed from metallic silver (Ag).