• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.899-907
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• 2023

Objective: The better understanding of laying pattern of birds is crucial for developing breed-specific proper breeding scheme and management. Methods: Daily egg production until 50 wk of age of six chicken breeds including one layer (White Leghorn, WL), three dual-purpose (Rhode Island Red, RIR; Columbian Plymouth Rock, CR; and Barred Plymouth Rock, BR), one synthetic dwarf (DY), and one indigenous (Beijing-You Chicken, BYC) were used to characterize their clutch traits and egg production. The age at first egg, egg number, average and maximum clutch length, pause length, and number of clutches and pauses were calculated accordingly. Results: The egg number and average clutch length in WL, RIR, CR, and BR were higher than those in DY and BYC (p<0.01). The numbers of clutches and pauses, and pause length in WL, RIR, CR, and BR were lower than those in DY and BYC (p<0.01). The coefficient variations of clutch length in WL, RIR, CR, and BR (57.66%, 66.49%, 64.22%, and 55.35%, respectively) were higher than DY (41.84%) and BYC (36.29%), while the coefficient variations of egg number in WL, RIR, CR, and BR (9.10%, 9.97%, 10.82%, and 9.92%) were lower than DY (15.84%) and BYC (16.85%). The clutch length was positively correlated with egg number (r = 0.51 to 0.66; p<0.01), but not correlated with age at first egg in all breeds. Conclusion: The six breeds showed significant different clutch and egg production traits. Due to the selection history, the high and median productive layer breeds had higher clutch length than those of the less productive indigenous BYC. The clutch length is a proper selection criterion for further progress in egg production. The age at first egg, which is independent of clutch traits, is especially encouraged to be improved by selection in the BYC breed.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2009

겨울철 사육조건이 양식산 뱀장어 Anguilla japonica의 인위적인 성성숙 유도 및 번식에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 봄철 salmon pituitary extracts(SPE)을 이용하여 성성숙 유도 예정인 양식산 암컷 뱀장어 친어를 8주의 겨울철 사육기간 동안, 4개의 사육환경(해수저온, $10^{\circ}C$; 해수고온, $20^{\circ}C$; 담수저온, $10^{\circ}C$; 담수고온, $20^{\circ}C$)에 각각 순치하여 사육하였다. 그 후 각각의 실험구의 뱀장어를 해수 $20^{\circ}C$로 이동하여 SPE를 매주 1회 8주 동안 복강 주사하였다. 그 결과, 생식소증량지수(GSI)와 성호르몬(E2)의 농도가 해수 실험구에서 유의적으로 증가하였으며, 특히 해수저온 실험구에서 가장 높은 값을 나타냈었다. 번식률 또한 해수저온 실험구에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 겨울철 사육환경이 봄철의 성성숙 유도에 효과적인 것으로 추측되며, 양식산 뱀장어의 성성숙 유도와 부화율 향상을 위한 기초자료로 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.203-210
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• 2021

With the development of package printing technology, the package has expanded from the basic function of protecting products to the marketing function through package design. Color, the visual element that composes the package design, is delivered to the consumer most quickly and effectively. As color marketing of these package designs expands, accurate color reproduction that the product wants to express is becoming more important. The color of an object is transmitted by absorption and scattering of light. Spectral reflectance refers to the intensity of light reflected by an object at different wavelengths by the spectral effect. As a result, the color of the object is expressed in various colors. Packaged printing inks have their own absorption and scattering coefficients, and the Kubelka-Munk model for color reproduction and prediction defines the relationship between these correlation coefficients through reflectance. In the Kubelka-Munk model for color reproduction and prediction, the relationship between the absorption and scattering coefficients (K/S) of printed material is predicted as the sum of the K/S values according to the mixing ratio of all color ink used. In this study, the reflectance of the measured print is reversely calculated at the mixing ratio of print ink using the Kubelka-Munk model. Through this, the relationship value of the ink-specific absorption/scattering coefficient constituting the final printed material is predicted. Delta E is derived through the predicted reflectance, and the similarity between the measured value and the predicted value is confirmed.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.225-229
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• 2007

The mating systems of natural populations of Potentilla freyniana in Korea were determined using allozyme analysis. The result suggests that P. freyniana is outcrossing as well as employing vegetative reproduction by stolon (self-fertilization rate, s < 0.5). The values of the inbreeding coefficient of eight populations in Korea varied from 0.244 to 0.331, with an average value of 0.274. For eight natural populations, multi-locus estimates of outcrossing (tm) was 0.603 across 13 polymorphic loci, with individual population values ranging from 0.530 to 0.652. The relatively low outcrossing rates of some populations could be attributed to extensive vegetative reproduction by stolon and the isolation of flowering mature plants. Although P. freyniana usually propagated by asexually-produced ramets, I could not rule out the possibility that sexual reproduction occurred at a low rate because each ramet may produce terminal flowers. Although heterozygote excess was observed in some natural populations, most populations exhibited varying degrees of inbreeding and a heterozygote deficit.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1519-1523
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• 2006

Through a screening and selection approach method, decamer random markers were used in a technique called random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) assay with 252 genomic DNAs isolated from four major Haimen chicken populations: Rugao (62), Jiangchun (62), Wan-Nan (63) and Cshiqishi (65). A total of 3-score decamer random primers (S241-S260, S1081-S1100 and S1341-S1360) were employed in the preliminary RAPD-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) assay with 50 random template DNA samples from all the populations. Four (6.67%) of the primers that produced obvious polymorphic patterns, interpretable and reproducible bands were selected and used with both the individual DNAs from each population and with pooled DNA samples of the four populations in subsequent analyses. The selected primers produced a total of 131 fragments with molecular size ranging from 835 to 4,972 base pairs (bp) when used with the individual DNAs; 105 (80.15%) of these fragments were polymorphic. With the pooled DNAs, 47 stable and characteristic bands with molecular size ranging from 840 to 4,983 bp, of which 23 (48.94%) polymorphic, were also generated. The band-sharing coefficient (BSC) calculated for the individuals in the population and among populations of bulked samples was between 0.8247 (Rugao) and 0.9500 (Cshiqishi); for pairwise populations, it was between 0.7273 (Rugao vs. Wan-Nan) and 0.9367 (Jiangchun vs. Cshiqishi) chicken populations. Using the BSC for individual and pairwise populations, the Nei's standard genetic distances between the chicken populations were determined and ranged from 0.0043 (Jiangchun vs. Cshiqishi) to 0.1375 (Rugao vs. Cshiqishi). The reconstructed dendrogram linked the Jiangchun and Cshiqishi chickens as closely related populations, followed by Wan-Nan, while the Rugao was the most genetically distant among the populations.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.1542-1549
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• 2018

Objective: Because lactation periods in dairy cows lengthen with increasing total milk production, it is important to predict individual productivities after 305 days in milk (DIM) to determine the optimal lactation period. We therefore examined whether the random regression (RR) coefficient from 306 to 450 DIM (M2) can be predicted from those during the first 305 DIM (M1) by using a RR model. Methods: We analyzed test-day milk records from 85,690 Holstein cows in their first lactations and 131,727 cows in their later (second to fifth) lactations. Data in M1 and M2 were analyzed separately by using different single-trait RR animal models. We then performed a multiple regression analysis of the RR coefficients of M2 on those of M1 during the first and later lactations. Results: The first-order Legendre polynomials were practical covariates of RR for the milk yields of M2. All RR coefficients for the additive genetic (AG) effect and the intercept for the permanent environmental (PE) effect of M2 had moderate to strong correlations with the intercept for the AG effect of M1. The coefficients of determination for multiple regression of the combined intercepts for the AG and PE effects of M2 on the coefficients for the AG effect of M1 were moderate to high. The daily milk yields of M2 predicted by using the RR coefficients for the AG effect of M1 were highly correlated with those obtained by using the coefficients of M2. Conclusion: Milk production after 305 DIM can be predicted by using the RR coefficient estimates of the AG effect during the first 305 DIM.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2007

서해연안역의 폭풍해일고 산정을 위한 초기 연구 단계로, 8 node 병렬 리눅스 클러스터의 효율성과 함께 황해 조석 모의결과의 신뢰성을 검토하였다. NPB 벤치마크 결과 7배에 이르는 계산 효율의 성능향상을 보였다. pADCIRC 모델을 이용한 황해 조석재현 결과는 선행된 연구들과 비교하여 만족스런 신뢰성을 나타냈다. 모델 변수 선정에 따른 영향을 살펴본 바에 따르면, 우리나라 서해연안과 같은 천해역의 조석수동역학 해석에는 수심에 따른 바닥마찰계수의 적절한 사용이 필수적인 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2007

본 연구는 양식산 뱀장어 Anguilla japonica의 인위적인 성성숙 처리시기와 번식률과의 상호 관련성을 확인하기 위해 5월(봄)부터 익년 1월(겨울)까지 각 계절별로 수행되었다. 실험어의 인공 성성숙 유도를 위해 암컷($400{\sim}600\;g$) 뱀장어에 salmon pituitary extraction (SPE, 20 mg/fish/week)를 매주 복강에 주사하여 인위적인 성성숙을 유도하였다. 호르몬 처리 $8{\sim}13$주 이후 대부분의 개체들은 난황형성이 완료되었고, $17{\alpha}$, $20{\beta}-dihydroxyprogesteron$ (DHP, $2\;{\mu}g/g$ body weight)를 주사하여 배란을 유도하였다. 수컷 뱀장어($200{\sim}350\;g$)는 human chronic gonadotropin (HCG, 1 IU/g body weight/week)을 매주 복강에 주사하여 정자형성 및 배정을 유도하였고, 이후 상기의 개체들에 대해 자연산란에 의한 수정 및 인공수정을 병행하였다. 배란율, 부상률, 수정률 및 부화율을 포함한 계절별 번식률에 있어서 봄과 여름($5{\sim}7$월)에 인공성성숙을 유도한 실험구가 다른 계절에 비해 높았다. 산란수와 부화 유생수 및 부화유생의 생존일수는 번식률과 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 본 연구결과, 양식산 뱀장어에 있어서 호르몬 처리에 의한 인공성성숙유도의 시기는 자연계에서 주산란시기인 봄과 여름철이 적합함을 나타내고 있다. 따라서, 양식산 뱀장어의 적절한 인공성성숙시기는 배란율, 부상률, 수정률 및 부화율을 포함한 번식률에 의해 결정할 수 있다.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제31권5_6호
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• pp.747-767
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• 2013

In this paper we have constructed a mathematical model of alcohol abuse which consists of four compartments corresponding to four population classes, namely, moderate and occasional drinkers, heavy drinkers, drinkers in treatment and temporarily recovered class. Basic reproduction number $R_0$ has been determined and sensitivity analysis of $R_0$ indicates that ${\beta}1$ (the transmission coefficient from moderate and occasional drinker to heavy drinker) is the most useful parameter for preventing drinking habit. Stability analysis of the model is made using the basic reproduction number. The model is locally asymptotically stable at disease free or problem free equilibrium (DFE) $E_0$ when $R_0&lt;1$. It is found that, when $R_0=1$, a backward bifurcation can occur and when $R_0&gt;1$, the endemic equilibrium $E^*$ becomes stable. Further analysis gives the global asymptotic stability of DFE under some conditions. Our important analytical findings are illustrated through computer simulation. Epidemiological implications of our analytical findings are addressed critically.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2013

Many countries have implemented genetic evaluation for fertility traits in recent years. In particular, reproductive trait is a complex trait and need to require a system-level approach for identifying candidate genes related to the trait. To find the candidate gene associated with reproductive trait, we applied a weighted gene co-expression network analysis from expression value of bovine genes. We identified three co-expressed modules associated with reproductive trait from bovine microarray data. Hub genes (ZP4, FHL2 and EGR4) were determined in each module; they were topologically centered with statistically significant value in the gene co-expression network. We were able to find the highly co-expressed gene pairs with a correlation coefficient. Finally, the crucial functions of co-expressed modules were reported from functional enrichment analysis. We suggest that the network-based approach in livestock may an important method for analyzing the complex effects of candidate genes associated with economic traits like reproduction.