Signatures of selection detected from whole‐genome sequencing indicate that the small body size in dwarf rabbit breeds is caused by polygenic effects with a few major loci
Samuele Bovo, Miguel Carneiro, Anisa Ribani, Matteo Bolner, Valeria Taurisano, Giuseppina Schiavo, Michele Schiavitto, Francesca Bertolini, Luca Fontanesi
Abstract
Published Online: 3 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70025

Exploring genetic diversity and population structure of Myanmar indigenous chickens using double digest restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing
Su Lai Yee Mon, Moe Lwin, Aye Aye Maw, Lat Lat Htun, Saw Bawm, Yukio Nagano, Atsushi J. Nagano, Kotaro Kawabe, Yasuhiko Wada, Shin Okamoto, Takeshi Shimogiri
Abstract
Published Online: 19 August 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70038

Genotype concordance and trait mapping efficacy comparing data from the Equine 670 K SNP array with whole genome sequence in 21 horses
Samantha L. Van Buren, Jessica L. Petersen, C. Titus Brown, Carrie J. Finno
Abstract
Published Online: 16 August 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70037

A recessive deleterious missense variant in PEX7 causes a lethal form of chondrodysplasia in Bazadaise cattle
Cécile Grohs, Stéphanie Minéry, Sébastien Fritz, Mekki Boussaha, Aurélien Capitan
Abstract
Published Online: 14 August 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70035

Discovery of a regulatory polymorphism in the bovine PICALM gene associated with milk αS1‐casein concentration
Mélissa Poncet, Maureen Féménia, Maxime Ben‐Braiek, Mathieu Charles, Nathalie Duprat, Katarzyna Chałaśkiewicz, Arnaud Boulling, Hiroaki Taniguchi, Véronique Blanquet, Dominique Rocha
Abstract
Published Online: 10 August 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70036

Prediction of essential liver transcription factors in response to fat deposition in pigs based on changes in transposase‐accessible chromatin signals
Katarzyna Piórkowska, Kacper Żukowski, Katarzyna Kowalska, Katarzyna Ropka‐Molik, Mirosław Tyra
Abstract
Published Online: 3 August 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70032

Development of bovine leukocyte antigen – DRB3 genotyping using nanopore sequencing
Takenori Arai, Yu‐ichi Kanetsuna, Saki Miyake, Saki Uehara, Kazuya Nagai, Kei‐ich Matsuda, Toh‐ichi Hirata, Yusuke Sakai, Takashi Matsuzaki, Shinji Yamada, Hirokazu Hikono, Kenji Murakami
Abstract
Published Online: 3 August 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70033

Genomic imprinting at a porcine ZNF locus via a canonical imprinting mechanism
Jinsoo Ahn, In‐Sul Hwang, Mi‐Ryung Park, Seongsoo Hwang, In‐Cheol Cho, Kichoon Lee
Abstract
Published Online: 31 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70034

Comparative analysis of cattle (Bos taurus, 2n = 60) and river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis, 2n = 50) genome assemblies reveals two evolutionary conserved inversions and invalid centromere–telomere orientation of some autosomes
Ramona Pistucci, Ilaria Cascone, Alessandra Iannuzzi, Sara Albarella, Wiktoria Kowal‐Mierzwa, Michele Zannotti, Leopoldo Iannuzzi, Pietro Parma
Abstract
Published Online: 28 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70031

Fine mapping highlights ITGAL and MUS81 loss‐of‐function mutations modulating recessive impacts in dairy cattle
Laura Duntsch, Swati Jivanji, Thomas Lopdell, Edwardo G. M. Reynolds, Liam Williams, Mathew D. Littlejohn
Abstract
Published Online: 27 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70027

A feline model of human low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐related atherosclerosis
Marjo K. Hytönen, Veera Karkamo, Sruthi Hundi, Niina Airas, Maria Kaukonen, Antti Sukura, Leslie A. Lyons, Heidi Anderson, Ilona Kareinen, Hannes Lohi
Abstract
Published Online: 22 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70030

Development of primer‐introduced restriction analysis PCR for detecting polymorphism of two cis‐regulatory SNPs upstream of ABCG2 conferring blue eggshell trait
Anh Phu Nam Bui, Nguyen Van Hop, Le Minh Thong, Le Quang
Abstract
Published Online: 17 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70026

Elevated serum concentration of anti‐Mullerian hormone and its association with SNP variants in the AMH gene in a tortoiseshell tomcat with a disorder of sex development (38,XX; SRY‐negative)
J. Nowacka‐Woszuk, I. Szczerbal, A. Szabelska‐Beresewicz, J. Zyprych‐Walczak, P. Parma, K. Ropka‐Molik, M. Jankowska, T. Nowak, M. Okoniewski, M. Stachowiak, N. Rogalska‐Niznik, M. Switonski
Abstract
Published Online: 13 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70029

Identification of key genes for intramuscular fat content in the longissimus dorsi muscles of different pig breeds using RNA sequencing
Qinglong Luo, jing Wang, Jiawen Liu, Yang Li, Shoujun Zhang, Mei Liu
Abstract
Published Online: 9 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70023

Genome‐wide association study discovers new QTL and candidate genes on SSC2 associated with total teat number in Large White × Tongcheng crossbred pigs
Qinghua Yang, Fang Ma, Jiao Yuan, Qiaoli Zhang, Zhiyi Chen, Yang Shen, Xiangge Meng, Songyu Li, Zining Yuan, Ping Zhou, Bang Liu, Xiang Zhou
Abstract
Published Online: 9 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70024

Comprehensive analysis of the gut microbial diversity and metabolic profiles of brown bears and black bears from the Qinghai‐Xizang Plateau
Shiyin Zhong, Runjin Wang, Lanting Wei, Jie Zhang, Jing Feng, Zhuoga Zhaxi, Zhongchao Su, Zhimin Zhang, Qiongli Zhou, Jirui Yang, Hui Wang
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Published Online: 5 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.70028

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Published Online: 3 July 2025
DOI 10.1111/age.13451