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UMR1313 GABI - Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology

Joint INRAE AgroParisTech Unit

Understanding and exploiting the genetic variability of animals.

The scientific orientations of GABI aim to understand and exploit the genetic variability of animals to analyze the construction of phenotypes, interactions with microbial ecosystems and the environment at large, in a context of agroecological transition.

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Labo INRAE

Quantitative, molecular and population genetics; functional genomics; biostatistics; bioinformatics; fundamental biology; experiments on model and farm animals; mouse transgenesis; immunophenotyping; study of microbiomes and their metagenomes; integrative approaches for studying multi-level and multi-scale data.

 

 

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13 February 2026

By: GABI - Edition P. Huan

Evaluation of the effect of bovine variants of the MSTN gene on pre-mRNA splicing

Myostatin is a protein that acts as a natural brake on muscle growth. It is encoded by a gene called MSTN. In this study, researchers developed a specific functional test to check whether certain variants of this gene disrupt splicing.
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Researchers from INRAE, including the GeMS and GUPPIE teams from the GABI joint research unit, reveal how two strains of rainbow trout adopt different strategies when faced with fasting and refeeding in a study published in the journal Aquaculture.

Veau dans la "nursery" à la ferme de Bressonvilliers.

A previous association study linked a G/C polymorphism (rs381381526) located upstream of PICALM to αS1-casein concentration in milk in French Holstein cows. PICALM binds to clathrin but also to SNAREs, which ensure the fusion of vesicles with cell membranes. Milk secretion requires coordinated endocytosis and exocytosis. However, it is not yet known whether PICALM is directly involved in vesicular milk secretion.

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The 29th EAAP Webinar titled Advances in Animal Epigenetics: Driving Research and Breeding Forward is organised in collaboration with Illumina. At the forefront of the genomics revolution for decades, Illumina develops innovative sequencing and array-based life science technologies that enable animal researchers and breeders to improve livestock health and productivity.

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Founding member of Sciences Animales Paris-Saclay 

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SAPS is a research group dedicated to animal biology and health, with close links to livestock farming. SAPS members (INRAE, AgroParisTech, CNRS, ENVA, ANSES) are rooted in the Université Paris-Saclay, notably in the Biosphera and Life Science and Health Graduate Schools, and also in the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) through its partnerships with ENVA and ANSES.  + SAPS - Sciences Animales Paris-Saclay

Member of Carnot France Futur Élevage

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The GABI unit is a member of Carnot France Futur Élevage: the Carnot-accredited network dedicated to the livestock industry. Carnot France Futur Élevage is a network of academic research laboratories and agricultural technical institutes dedicated to promoting R&D collaboration and innovation transfer within the livestock industry. + France Futur Élevage