Identification of Critical Genes for Ovine Horn Development Based on Transcriptome during the Embryonic Period

• Published in: Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 4; p. 591
• Main Authors: Luan, Yuanyuan, Wu, Shangjie, Wang, Mingkun, Pu, Yabin, Zhao, Qianjun, Ma, Yuehui, Jiang, Lin, He, Xiaohong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 13.04.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Breeding; Cell differentiation; Embryogenesis; fetal sheep; Fetuses; Gene expression; gene expression regulation; gene ontology; Genes; Genomes; Genomics; Genotype & phenotype; horn bud; horn development; Horns; protein-protein interactions; Quality control; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; RNA-seq; RXFP2; sequence analysis; Sexual selection; Sheep; Signal transduction; Software; Stem cells; transcriptome; Transcriptomes; Wnt protein; wnt proteins; China; Beijing China; United States > US; horn bud; horn development; RNA-seq; fetal sheep; RXFP2

Horns, also known as headgear, are a unique structure of ruminants. As ruminants are globally distributed, the study of horn formation is critical not only for increasing our understanding of natural and sexual selection but also for the breeding of polled sheep breeds to facilitate modern sheep far...