Publications by authors named "Yang-hua He"
Beef represents a major diet component and one of the major sources of protein in human. The beef industry in the United States is currently undergoing changes and is facing increased demands especially for natural grass-fed beef. The grass-fed beef obtained their nutrients directly from pastures, which contained limited assimilable energy but abundant amount of fiber.
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- Prototheca zopfii (P. zopfii) is identified as a significant cause of bovine mastitis, with a study detailing a clinical mastitis outbreak linked to this microalga.
- Strains of P. zopfii were isolated from affected dairy cows, showing resistance to most tested antimicrobial drugs, except for a few like amphotericin B and gentamicin.
- This research highlights the potential health risks P. zopfii poses to dairy herds in Beijing, marking the first report of such an outbreak in China.
Copy number variations (CNVs) refer to the deletion, insertion, and duplication of genes over 1 kb in length. CNVs were widely found in human and other mammalian genomes. Here, we mainly reviewed the impacts of CNVs on the human diseases, and introduced the general detecting methods for CNVs.
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