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Microbial diversity and community composition of caecal microbiota in commercial and indigenous Indian chickens determined using 16s rDNA amplicon sequencing (2018)
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Pandit, R. J., Hinsu, A. T., Patel, N. V., Koringa, P. G., Jakhesara, S. J., Thakkar, J. R., …Joshi, C. G. (2018). Microbial diversity and community composition of caecal microbiota in commercial and indigenous Indian chickens determined using 16s rDNA amplicon sequencing. Microbiome, 6, 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0501-9

Microbiota composition, gene pool and its expression in Gir cattle (Bos indicus) rumen under different forage diets using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches (2018)
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Pandit, R. J., Hinsu, A. T., Patel, S. H., Jakhesara, S. J., Koringa, P. G., Bruno, F., …Joshi, C. G. (2018). Microbiota composition, gene pool and its expression in Gir cattle (Bos indicus) rumen under different forage diets using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 41(4), 374-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2018.02.002

Zebu (Bos indicus) is a domestic cattle species originating from the Indian subcontinent and now widely domesticated on several continents. In this study, we were particularly interested in understanding the functionally active rumen microbiota of an... Read More about Microbiota composition, gene pool and its expression in Gir cattle (Bos indicus) rumen under different forage diets using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic approaches.

Longitudinal changes in telomere length and associated genetic parameters in dairy cattle analysed using random regression models (2018)
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Seeker, L. A., Ilska, J. J., Psifidi, A., Wilbourn, R. V., Underwood, S. L., Fairlie, J., …Banos, G. (2018). Longitudinal changes in telomere length and associated genetic parameters in dairy cattle analysed using random regression models. PLoS ONE, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192864

Telomeres cap the ends of linear chromosomes and shorten with age in many organisms. In humans short telomeres have been linked to morbidity and mortality. With the accumulation of longitudinal datasets the focus shifts from investigating telomere le... Read More about Longitudinal changes in telomere length and associated genetic parameters in dairy cattle analysed using random regression models.

Variants in the 3'UTR of the ovine Acetyl-Coenzyme A Acyltransferase 2 gene are associated with dairy traits and exhibit differential allelic expression (2017)
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Miltiadou, D., Hager-Theodorides, A., Symeou, S., Constantinou, C., Psifidi, A., Banos, G., & Tzamaloukas, O. (2017). Variants in the 3'UTR of the ovine Acetyl-Coenzyme A Acyltransferase 2 gene are associated with dairy traits and exhibit differential allelic expression. Journal of Dairy Science, 100(8), 6285-6297. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-12326

The acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 2 (ACAA2) gene encodes an enzyme of the thiolase family that is involved in mitochondrial fatty acid elongation and degradation by catalyzing the last step of the respective β-oxidation pathway. The increased energy nee... Read More about Variants in the 3'UTR of the ovine Acetyl-Coenzyme A Acyltransferase 2 gene are associated with dairy traits and exhibit differential allelic expression.

Method specific calibration corrects for DNA extraction method effects on relative telomere length measurements by quantitative PCR (2016)
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Seeker, L. A., Holland, R., Underwood, S., Fairlie, J., Psifidi, A., Ilska, J. J., …Nussey, D. H. (2016). Method specific calibration corrects for DNA extraction method effects on relative telomere length measurements by quantitative PCR. PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164046

Telomere length (TL) is increasingly being used as a biomarker in epidemiological, biomedical and ecological studies. A wide range of DNA extraction techniques have been used in telomere experiments and recent quantitative PCR (qPCR) based studies su... Read More about Method specific calibration corrects for DNA extraction method effects on relative telomere length measurements by quantitative PCR.

Genome-wide association studies of immune, disease and productivity traits in indigenous chicken ecotypes (2016)
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Psifidi, A., Banos, G., Matika, O., Desta, T. T., Bettridge, J., Hume, D. A., …Kaiser, P. (2016). Genome-wide association studies of immune, disease and productivity traits in indigenous chicken ecotypes. Genetics Selection Evolution, 48(74), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-016-0252-7

The majority of chickens in sub-Saharan Africa are indigenous ecotypes, well adapted to the local environment and raised in scavenging production systems. Although they are generally resilient to disease challenge, routine vaccination and biosecurity... Read More about Genome-wide association studies of immune, disease and productivity traits in indigenous chicken ecotypes.

Comparison of eleven methods for genomic DNA extraction suitable for large-scale whole-genome genotyping and long-term DNA banking using blood samples (2015)
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Psifidi, A., Dovas, C. I., Bramis, G., Lazou, T., Russel, C. L., Arsenos, G., & Banos, G. (2015). Comparison of eleven methods for genomic DNA extraction suitable for large-scale whole-genome genotyping and long-term DNA banking using blood samples. PLoS ONE, 10(1), e0115960. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115960

Over the recent years, next generation sequencing and microarray technologies have revolutionized scientific research with their applications to high-throughput analysis of biological systems. Isolation of high quantities of pure, intact, double stra... Read More about Comparison of eleven methods for genomic DNA extraction suitable for large-scale whole-genome genotyping and long-term DNA banking using blood samples.