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14 September 2023

By: GABI

From the FAANG initiative.... to the fork

In a publication in the journal Genome Biology, scientists from several international teams involved with Elisabetta Giuffra of GABI (coordinator of the review), describe research priorities that are based on the progress, success and resources of the FAANG intitative (Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes) since 2015, aimed at answering current and future challenges in Animal Production.
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14 September 2023

By: GABI - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

GABI's 2020 Research Highlights

Our Research Highlights are chosen amongst a choice selection of significant research results that were published in international scientific journals. They illustrate our main results for the year.
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14 September 2023

By: INRAE

Production of the bovine rumen microbiota gene catalogue: a surprising diversity despite a high specialization in plant degradation

A catalogue of procaryote genes present in the bovine rumen has been compiled. It will help decipher the potential roles of the microbiota as a whole, in particular its ability to degrade structural carbohydrates in forages.
@ Christian Slagmulder - INRAE
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09 October 2023

By: INRAE - W Brand-Williams (translation)

AQUAEXCEL3.0 : a project for the development of European aquaculture

Where do your sea products come from? In Europe, 75% of these products are imported. It therefore seems important to guarantee a sustainable growth for aquaculture in Europe. Such is the mission of the H2020 AQUAEXCEL project, which began in 2011. Today it evolves to a third edition: AQUAEXCEL3.0.
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14 September 2023

By: S. André - W Brand-Williams (translation)

The incubation temperature of Japonese quail eggs as a lever to improve heat resistance?

For the first time, the characterization of incubation temperature effects of Japonese quail eggs show an impact on growth, physiology and metabolism of the birds potentially in relation with their capacity to thermoregulate.
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14 September 2023

By: CRB-Anim - translation W Brand-Williams

Organisation of Animal Selection in France and consequences on access to zootechnical data

This session is organized as part of the @BRIDGe core facilities training programs. Rendez-vous on Monday 23 November to follow the presentation by Etienne Verrier, Professor at AgroParisTech and Didier Boichard, senior scientist of the Bovine Genetics and Genomics Team.
@INRAE  2017-0099 Bassin d'élevage de poisson en mer
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14 September 2023

By: M. Vandeputte - W Brand-Williams (Translation)

Sea bass, a fish whose sex depends on temperature .... one way and the other

On the contrary to mammals and birds in which sex is determined at conception by sex chromosomes (X and Y being the most well-known), it is frequent in fish and reptiles that sex be determined at least in part by water temperature at a key developmental stage. This is true in sea bass, but, in a surprising way, the same temperature can produce males or females depending on the moment of development where they are applied. This is what a study by the Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology Unit (GABI, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay) and the MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC, IRD, Ifremer, Université de Montpellier, CNRS), found and which was published on 4 November, 2020 in the journal Ecology and Evolution.
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14 September 2023

By: F. Phocas - W Brand-Williams

Spontaneous masculinisation in female genetic trout: a genetic origin n part

During evolution, fish have developed a remarkable diversity of sex phenotypic control mechanisms, associating heterogametic systems such as XX/XY as in mammals or ZZ/ZW as in birds to polygenic systems or those regulated by the environment. In the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), sex is dictated by a simple chromosome system (XX/XY) and the major sex determinant is known (sdY gene). This genetic determinism is used to produce completely female populations (XX), which are more interesting that bisexual populations. However, male individuals are regularly observed in these XX populations.
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14 September 2023

By: INRAE - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

Animal Sciences at the 2020 National Science Fair

The 2020 edition of the National Science Fair will be a virtual event due to the sanitary crisis. Scientists from INRAE in Ile-de-France are mobilized to share their work with the public. Beginning on October 2 they gave conferences, presented videos and for the public including grade-school children. The program; the earth and its inhabitants, lactic acid bacteria, urban farms, animal sciences....
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14 September 2023

By: GABI ; Translation W. Brand-Williams

The book "Génétique des animaux d’élevage : diversité et adaptation dans monde changeant" was just published by the QUAE publication house.

A meeting is scheduled with the coordinators on September 15, at AgroParisTech Claude Bernard Center in Paris !
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14 September 2023

By: GABI - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

One Health, only one health for the Earth, animals and man

Check out the research studies by the Genetics of the microbiota and health Team of GABI in the INRAE press release "One Health - only one health for the Earth, animals and man".
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14 September 2023

By: INRAE - Edition P. Huan - translation W. Brand-Williams

Breast cancer: chronic disruption of the circadian rythme increases the dissemination of cancer cells

Breast cancer is the most wide-spread cancer in the world and one of the main causes of death in women. A study implicating scientists from the Paris-Saclay University, INSERM and INRAE just established a link between night shift working and an increased risk of cancer, suggesting that disruption of circadian rythms could make tumors more agressive. This study was published in the journal Nature Communications on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
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14 September 2023

By: GABI - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

A new book published on: "Advances in poultry genetics and genomics."

This book provides the state of the art in terms of poultry genetics and genomics. The last similar edition was published over 10 years ago and it is now time to relate all the progress made by genomics in one edition for the poultry industry, amateur breeders, scientists and students in poultry farming along with decision-makers.
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14 September 2023

By: E. Barrey - B. Delmas - Edition P. Huan - W Brand-Williams

Can RNA therapy help get rid of SARS-CoV-2 during respiratory infection?

Two INRAE teams (Jouy-en-Josas) and a laboratory in Santiago, Chili, are sharing their expertise in RNA virology and molecular biology to conceive via bioinformatics a series of antisense oligonucleotides that by linking specifically to key regions of the SARS-CoV-2 viral genome, allow their destruction and therefore block viral multiplication.
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14 September 2023

By: D. Rocha - Edition P. Huan - Translation W Brand-Williams

The study of mitochondrial sequences integrated in the bovine nuclear genome

Nuclear copies of mitochondrial DNA (NUMT) have already been described in several species. Dominique Rocha of the G2B team and his partners ientified and analyzed 166 bovine NUMTof a total length of 430 kpb, representing approximately 0,02% of the nuclear genome of cattle. Their studies were published in Scientific Reports.
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14 September 2023

By: M. Tixier-Boichard - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

Urgent, the CRB-Anim infrastructure is hiring a computer scientist for its information systems.

The person hired will work with the head of the CRB-Anim infrastructure and the @BRIDGe Biological Resources Center. He/She will interact with teams contributing to CRB-Anim and with the computer scientists of the national (RARe, PNDB, IFB), or European infrastructures (EBI) implicated in the management of biological samples.
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17 October 2023

By: Comité d'organisation - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

Global Health Seminar and arising risks. Impact of climate and anthropic changes

The objective of this seminar is to treat the health challenges associated with arising risks generated by climate and anthropic changes by decompartmentalizing disciplinary approaches. Experts will speak on climate, the consequences of global changes and the urgency of finding ways to act.
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14 September 2023

By: AC Doublet - Edition P. Huan

Anna-Charlotte Doublet will defend her PhD dissertation on Thursday, December 10

"Genetic diversity in the genomic era: evolution of inbreeding and its consequences in three French dairy cattle breeds"
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14 September 2023

By: D. Boichard - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

Identification of candidate genes implicated in paratuberculosis resistance in cattle

Paratuberculosis is a contagious and incurable disease of ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis.Genetics can help control the disease.
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14 September 2023

By: M.-P. Sanchez - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

The French Association for Animal Production (AFZ) attributed Marie-Pierre Sanchez from GABI with its 2019 Doctoral Award

Every year the AFZ recognizes a young scientist for his/her doctral studies defended recently in a field pertaining to the Animal Sciences.
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14 September 2023

By: GABI - Edition P. Huan - Translation W. Brand-Williams

Omega-Truite: an FEAMP Project

Selection to improve n-3 polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid content by Raman spectroscopy in rainbow trout
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