Project description:Local breeds retained unique genetic variability important for adaptive potential especially in light of challenges related to climate change. Our objective was to perform, for the first time, a genome-wide diversity characterization using Illumina GoatSNP50 BeadChip of autochthonous Drežnica goat breed from Slovenia. Genetic diversity analyses revealed that the Slovenian Drežnica goat has a distinct genetic identity and is closely related to the neighboring Austrian and Italian alpine breeds. These results expand our knowledge on phylogeny of goat breeds from easternmost part of the European Alps.
Project description:This clinical trial studies the effectiveness of a web-based cancer education tool called Helping Oncology Patients Explore Genomics (HOPE-Genomics) in improving patient knowledge of personal genomic testing results and cancer and genomics in general. HOPE-Genomics is a web-based education tool that teaches cancer/leukemia patients, and patients who may be at high-risk for developing cancer, about genomic testing and provide patients with information about their own genomic test results. The HOPE-Genomics tool may improve patient’s genomic knowledge and quality of patient-centered care. In addition, it may also improve education and care quality for future patients.
Project description:Ancient proteins were extracted from ceramic vessels from the West Mound of the key early farming site of Çatalhöyük, dating to the early 6th millennium BC. This analysis revealed that barley, wheat, pulses, as well as goat, sheep and bovinae dairy and meat products were contained in ceramic vessels. Moreover, this demonstrates that dietary proteins can be identified from archaeological artefacts from up to 6,000 BC and that this approach can unlock detailed evidence of past culinary practices, with more taxonomic and tissue-specific clarity than has been possible with previous biomolecular techniques.
Project description:The present study, for the first time, compared the transcriptomes of ovaries from the prolific Jintang black goat and the non-prolific Tibetan goat during follicular phase using the Illumina RNA-Seq method. The study provides insight into the transcriptional regulation in the ovaries of two distinct breeds of goats that might serve as a key resource for understanding goat fecundity.
Project description:To explore functional circRNAs during goat muscle development, we systematically investigated the circRNAs profiles using high throughput transcriptome sequencing technology (RNA-seq) at key developmental stages of fetus and Kid in Haimen goat.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of goat immune cells in different tissues. Goal was to determine the global gene expression profiles of different immune cell subsets, and determine the differences in gene expression between the same immune cell subset in different organs.
