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The genetic regulation of skeletal muscle development: insights from chicken studies

Wen LUO, Bahareldin A. ABDALLA, Qinghua NIE, Xiquan ZHANG

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2017年第4卷第3期页码 295-304 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2017159

摘要： Skeletal muscle development is a complex multi-process trait regulated by various genetic factors. The chicken embryo is an ideal model system for studying skeletal muscle development. However, only a small proportion of the genetic factors affecting skeletal muscle development have been identified in chicken. The aim of this review is to summarize recent knowledge about the genetic factors involved in the regulation of skeletal muscle development in the chicken, such as gene polymorphisms, epigenetic modification, noncoding RNAs and transcription factors, which can influence skeletal muscle development at the genome, epigenome, transcriptome and proteome levels. Research on the regulation of skeletal muscle development in chicken is not yet comprehensive and most of the candidate genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms related to chicken muscle growth remain to be verified in experimental studies. In addition, the data derived from transcriptome sequencing and genome-wide association studies still require further investigation and analysis and comprehensive studies on the regulation of chicken skeletal muscle development will continue as a major research focus.

关键词： chicken epigenetic modification miRNAs skeletal muscle development SNP transcription factor

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Genetic diversity and population structure of indigenous chicken breeds in South China

Xunhe HUANG,Jinfeng ZHANG,Danlin HE,Xiquan ZHANG,Fusheng ZHONG,Weina LI,Qingmei ZHENG,Jiebo CHEN,Bingwang DU

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2016年第3卷第2期页码 97-101 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2016102

摘要： A total of 587 individuals from 12 indigenous chicken breeds from South China and two commercial breeds were genotyped for 26 microsatellites to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure. All microsatellites were found to be polymorphic. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 5 to 36, with an average of 12.10 ± 7.00 (SE). All breeds, except White Recessive Rock, had high allelic polymorphism (>0.5). Higher genetic diversity was revealed in the indigenous chicken breeds rather than in the commercial breeds. Potential introgression from the commercial breeds into the indigenous chickens was also detected. The population structure of these indigenous chicken breeds could be explained by their geographical distribution, which suggested the presence of independent history of breed formation. Data generated in this study will provide valuable information to the conservation for indigenous chicken breeds in future.

关键词： microsatellites genetic diversity population structure indigenous chicken South China conservation

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Inverted duplication including

Ming TIAN,Suyun FANG,Yanqiang WANG,Xiaorong GU,Chungang FENG,Rui HAO,Xiaoxiang HU,Ning LI

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2014年第1卷第2期页码 121-129 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2014026

摘要： The dermal hyperpigmentation phenotype in chickens is controlled by the dominant fibromelanosis allele. One of the ten unique characteristics of Silkie chickens is the fibromelanosis phenotype, which is pigmentation in the dermal layer of the skin and connective tissue. In this study, we found a mutation of fibromelanosis, a genomic rearrangement that included an inverted duplication of ( ), is responsible. We show that, as a stimulator of melanoblast proliferation, expression was increased in silkie embryos and in both skin and muscle throughout adulthood. expression led to an increase in expression of the downstream genes and and was closely relate with the hyperpigmentation phenotype. We examined eight different Chinese chicken breeds showing hyperpigmentation and conclude that this structural genetic variant exists in all fibromelanosis chicken breeds.

关键词： dermal hyperpigmentation duplication endothelin 3 Silkie chicken

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Livestock breeding for the 21st century: the promise of the editing revolution

Chris PROUDFOOT, Gus MCFARLANE, Bruce WHITELAW, Simon LILLICO

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2020年第7卷第2期页码 129-135 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2019304

摘要：

In recent years there has been a veritable explosion in the use of genome editors to create site-specific changes, both and , to the genomes of a multitude of species for both basic research and biotechnology. Livestock, which form a vital component of most societies, are no exception. While selective breeding has been hugely successful at enhancing some production traits, the rate of progress is often slow and is limited to variants that exist within the breeding population. Genome editing provides the potential to move traits between breeds, in a single generation, with no impact on existing productivity or to develop phenotypes that tackle intractable issues such as disease. As such, genome editors provide huge potential for ongoing livestock development programs in light of increased demand and disease challenge. This review will highlight some of the more notable agricultural applications of this technology in livestock.

关键词： cattle pig sheep chicken aquaculture CRISPR

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Molecular characterization of two suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 genes (

Xue XU,Jiannan ZHANG,Juan LI,Yajun WANG

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2015年第2卷第1期页码 73-83 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2015044

摘要： Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1) protein can inhibit the signal transduction triggered by some cytokines or hormones and thus are important in many physiological/pathological processes, including innate and adaptive immunity, inflammation, and development in mammals. However, there is sparse information about their structure, tissue expression, in birds, where their biological functions remain unknown. In this study, we cloned and characterized two genes (named and ) from chickens. is predicted to encode a 207-amino acid protein, which shares high amino acid sequence identity (64%–67%) with human and mouse SOCS1. Besides , a novel gene was also identified in chickens and other non-mammalian vertebrates including . Chicken is predicted to encode a 212-amino acid protein, which shares only 30%–32% amino acid sequence identity with human SOCS1 and cSOCS1a. RT-PCR assay revealed that both and are widely expressed in all chicken tissues. Using a luciferase reporter assay system, we further demonstrated that transient expression of and can significantly inhibit chicken growth hormone (GH)- or prolactin (PRL)-induced luciferase activities of Hep G2 cells expressing cGH receptor (or cPRL receptor), indicating that SOCS1a and SOCS1b proteins can negatively regulate GH/PRL signaling. Taken together, these data suggest that both cSOCS1a and cSOCS1b may function as negative regulators of cytokine/hormone actions, such as modulation of GH/PRL actions in chickens.

关键词： chicken SOCS1a SOCS1b growth hormone prolactin

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Expression pattern and regulation of head-to-head genes

Xinxing CUI,Chunhong YANG,Li KANG,Guiyu ZHU,Qingqing WEI,Yunliang JIANG

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2014年第1卷第2期页码 130-136 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2014013

摘要： Vacuolar protein sorting 36 (VPS36), a protein primarily known for its role in the Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport pathway, has recently been shown to be linked to chicken reproduction. Previous research showed that is significantly downregulated in sexually mature chicken ovaries compared to immature ones. In this study, using real-time quantitative RT-PCR, we investigated the expression pattern of and its head-to-head gene mRNA in chicken follicles. Small white follicles were found to have significantly higher expression of and mRNA than any other sized follicles ( <0.05). The expression of and mRNA were detected in both granulosa and theca layers of pre-ovulatory follicles, the expression of in theca layers was slightly higher than in granulosa cells. Treatment of small yellow follicles with follicle-stimulating hormone and estradiol resulted in a marked decrease of both and mRNA ( <0.05); however, progesterone, transforming growth factor-β 1 and luteinizing hormone induced no significant changes in and mRNA expression in these follicles. These results indicate that the head-to-head genes of and exhibit similar expression in chicken follicles and are involved in chicken follicle development.

关键词： chicken Vps36 Ckap2 mRNA follicle