Background The domestic pig (Sus scrofa) is important both as a food source and as a
biomedical model given its similarity in size, anatomy, physiology, metabolism, pathology, and …

Background MicroRNA (miR) are a class of small RNAs that regulate gene expression by
inhibiting translation of protein encoding transcripts. To evaluate the role of miR in skeletal …

Background Relatively little information is available for sequence variation in the pig. We
previously used a combination of short read (25 base pair) high-throughput sequencing and …

Background Formation of the vertebral column is a critical developmental stage in mammals.
The strict control of this process has resulted in little variation in number of vertebrae across …

Background Number of functional teats is an important trait in commercial swine production.
As litter size increases, the number of teats must also increase to supply nutrition to all …

Background Losses of slaughter-weight pigs due to transport stress are both welfare and
economic concerns to pork producers. Historically, the HAL-1843 mutation in ryanodine …

Background Reproductive efficiency has a great impact on the economic success of pork
production. Gilts comprise a significant portion of breeding females and gilts that reach puberty …

The pH indicator phenol red (phenolsulfonphthalein) is present in most tissue culture media.
Contaminants of this indicator have shown substantial estrogenic activity for estrogen-…

In order to support analysis of channel catfish populations and genetic improvement
programs, the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, mitochondrial genome was completely …

Estrogen-responsive proliferation in the MCF-7 cell line was used as a bioassay for detection
of dietary estrogens. The bioassay procedure was adapted to screen for estrogenic activity …