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Qing Chen, Zhenru Guo, Xiaoli Shi, Meiqiao Wei, Yazhen Fan, Jing Zhu, Ting Zheng, Yan Wang, Li Kong, Mei Deng, Xinyou Cao, Jirui Wang, Yuming Wei, Qiantao Jiang, Yunfeng Jiang, Guoyue Chen, Youliang Zheng, Pengfei Qi
Summary: In this study, two new Q alleles (Q(s1) and Q(c1)-N8) were obtained through ethyl methanesulfonate-induced mutagenesis. The Q(s1) allele did not significantly affect grain protein content (GPC) or other processing quality parameters, but it adversely affected grain yield (GY). In contrast, the Q(c1)-N8 allele positively affected GPC and GY. This research provides novel germplasm for wheat breeding and useful information for enhancing cereal crops.
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Danika Bannasch, Kevin Batcher, Fabienne Leuthard, Michael Bannasch, Petra Hug, Denis J. Marcellin-Little, Peter J. Dickinson, Michaela Drogemuller, Cord Drogemuller, Tosso Leeb
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Zengwen Huang, Juan Zhang, Yaling Gu, Zhengyun Cai, Xiaofang Feng, Chaoyun Yang, Guosheng Xin
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Ming-Shan Wang, Jin-Jin Zhang, Xing Guo, Ming Li, Rachel Meyer, Hidayat Ashari, Zhu-Qing Zheng, Sheng Wang, Min-Sheng Peng, Yu Jiang, Mukesh Thakur, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Ali Esmailizadeh, Nalini Yasoda Hirimuthugoda, Moch Syamsul Arifin Zein, Szilvia Kusza, Hamed Kharrati-Koopaee, Lin Zeng, Yun-Mei Wang, Ting-Ting Yin, Min-Min Yang, Ming-Li Li, Xue-Mei Lu, Emiliano Lasagna, Simone Ceccobelli, Humpita Gamaralalage Thilini Nisanka Gunwardana, Thilina Madusanka Senasig, Shao-Hong Feng, Hao Zhang, Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan, Muhammad Sajjad Khan, Gamamada Liyanage Lalanie Pradeepa Silva, Le Thi Thuy, Okeyo A. Mwai, Mohamed Nawaz Mohamed Ibrahim, Guojie Zhang, Kai-Xing Qu, Olivier Hanotte, Beth Shapiro, Mirte Bosse, Dong-Dong Wu, Jian-Lin Han, Ya-Ping Zhang
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Liuzhu Chen, Liu Duan, Minghui Sun, Zhuo Yang, Hongyu Li, Keming Hu, Hong Yang, Li Liu
Summary: Ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-induced mutagenesis is a powerful tool for generating genetic resources to understand the molecular basis of important agronomic traits. This review focuses on its application in plant development and abiotic stress tolerance research, discussing mutation types, mutagenesis site, concentration, duration, and identification of mutations responsible for altered stress tolerance responses. The potential of combining EMS mutation breeding with genetic engineering in future plant breeding and fundamental research is also discussed.
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Colleen Embersics, Danika Bannasch, Kevin Batcher, Elizabeth C. Boudreau, Molly Church, Andrew Miller, Simon Platt, Jey Koehler, Natasha Olby, John Rossmeisl, Daniel Rissi, Robert Grahn, Jonas Donner, Peter J. Dickinson
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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Review
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Durre Shahwar, Namju Ahn, Donghyun Kim, Wooseong Ahn, Younghoon Park
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Vishal D. Murthy, Chai-Fei Li, Jill Hicks, Jacqueline Kroll, Michelle Giuffrida, Peter Dickinson, Christine M. Toedebusch
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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Olyad Erba Urgessa, Adugna Abdi Woldesemayat
Summary: In poultry production, the cost of feed ingredients has been continuously increasing, resulting in higher production costs. By improving feed efficiency traits, feed costs can be reduced and the environmental impact of poultry production can be decreased. Feed efficiency is considered one of the most important economic traits in chicken breeding programs. Recent OMICs experimental studies have focused on characterizing biological differences between chickens with high and low feed efficiency. Due to the complexity of biology, researchers have combined multiple assays to create multi-OMICs datasets. OMICs findings are crucial for improving poultry breeding approaches. This review highlights the components of feed efficiency and discusses the application of OMICs in chicken breeding programs.
ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)