Sex differences in basal hypothalamic anorectic and orexigenic gene expression and the effect of quantitative and qualitative food restriction

Autor: S. D. Caughey, P. W. Wilson, N. Mukhtar, S. Brocklehurst, A. Reid, R. B. D’Eath, T. Boswell, I. C. Dunn

Publikováno v: Biology of Sex Differences, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2018)

Abstract Background Research into energy balance and growth has infrequently considered genetic sex, yet there is sexual dimorphism for growth across the animal kingdom. We test the hypothesis that in the chicken, there is a sex difference in arcuate

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Development of an in vivo radiographic method with potential for use in improving bone quality and the welfare of laying hens through genetic selection

Autor: P. W. Wilson, I. C. Dunn, H. A. Mccormack

Publikováno v: Wilson, P, Dunn, I & McCormack, H 2022, ' Development of an in vivo radiographic method with potential for use in improving bone quality and the welfare of laying hens through genetic selection ', British Poultry Science, pp. 1-11 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2022.2119835

1. Genetic selection for bone quality can improve this, as it is heritable. A method was established using digital X-ray which took around 40 s in total and gave an image that allowed quantification of bone density from many appendicular bones. 2. Th

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Hypothalamic Agouti-Related Peptide mRNA is Elevated During Natural and Stress-Induced Anorexia

Autor: I C, Dunn, P W, Wilson, R B, D'Eath, T, Boswell

Publikováno v: Journal of Neuroendocrinology

As part of their natural lives, animals can undergo periods of voluntarily reduced food intake and body weight (i.e. animal anorexias) that are beneficial for survival or breeding, such as during territorial behaviour, hibernation, migration and incu

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26017156

Evidence for alternative splicing of the chicken vasoactive intestinal polypeptide gene transcript

Autor: P W Wilson, H M Sang, I C Dunn, Richard Talbot, P J Sharp

Publikováno v: Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 15:81-91

Two forms of chicken vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) mRNA have been identified by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and RNase protection assay. The shorter form of chicken VIP mRNA encodes a protein that does not contain an analogue of rat pepti

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https://doi.org/10.1677/jme.0.0150081

Complex traits analysis of chicken growth using targeted genetical genomics

Autor: C P, Cabrera, I C, Dunn, M, Fell, P W, Wilson, D W, Burt, D, Waddington, R, Talbot, P M, Hocking, A, Law, S, Knott, C S, Haley, D J, de Koning

Publikováno v: Animal genetics. 43(2)

Dissecting the genetic control of complex trait variation remains very challenging, despite many advances in technology. The aim of this study was to use a major growth quantitative trait locus (QTL) in chickens mapped to chromosome 4 as a model for

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22404352