Background: Improving meat quality while maintaining growth efficiency remains a major challenge in poultry production. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying breed-specific meat quality variation remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate how breed-specific growth patterns influence meat quality and elucida...
Ying Li, Rong-Qin Huang, Li Zhang et al.· Genes· 0 citations
Most complex-trait-associated variants reside in non-coding regions, yet functional annotation relies heavily on static local expression quantitative trait loci (cis-eQTL), leaving distal and context-dependent regulatory effects unresolved. Here, we leverage an 18-generation chicken advanced intercross line, which subs...
Xiao-Ning Zhu, Cheng-Hao Zhai, Chong Li et al.· bioRxiv· 0 citations
Avian Influenza virus (AIV) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV) are highly contagious immunosuppressive pathogens that cause high mortality rates and economic losses in the global poultry industry. Although vaccination to enhance the host antibody response remains the main control strategy, the genetic basis of this vari...