• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1662-1668
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• 2005

This review has been done to examine sex-linked dwarf gene in broiler production in hot-humid climates. Introduction of sex-linked dwarf gene especially in hot harsh tropical environments brings a great advantage for broiler production. The heavy broiler parent suffers due to the stress of these adverse climates. Sex-linked dwarf genes reduce body weight, egg weight, but are superior for adaptability under harsh tropical environments, with a lower requirement for housing and feed, better survivability and reproductive fitness giving fewer defective eggs, more hatching eggs, better fertility, hatchability, feed conversion efficiency and resistance to disease. Overall the cost of chick production from dwarf hens is lower than from their normal siblings. Market weights of broilers from sexlinked dwarf dams is almost similar to those of broilers from normal dams with normal sires. But the net benefit of broiler production from sex-linked dwarf dams is found to be greater than that of broilers from normal dams. This will be the most important to the rural communities in Bangladesh and in other countries where the similar environment and socio-economic conditions exist. Therefore, sexlinked dwarf hens might be used in broiler breeding plan as well as broiler production in the tropics.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.937-942
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• 2009

The aim of this study was to analyze the effects on growth and muscle development during the growing period of the sex-linked dwarf gene in the background of a Taiwan Country chicken strain, L2, selected for egg production. Eight crossbred males, heterozygous for the DW*DW mutation, were each backcrossed to six females of the L2 strain to produce two genotypes of BC females, either normal (DW*N+/-) or dwarf (DW*DW/-). The experiment included 251 normal and 207 dwarf pullets. The effect of the dwarf gene on body weight and shank length was highly significant from 2 weeks of age. The reduction of body weight by the dwarf gene reached 34.8% and 37.4% as compared to normal sibs at 16 and 20 weeks of age, respectively. Parameters of the growth curve were estimated: the age at inflection (TI) was higher in normal pullets (66.9 days) than in dwarf pullets (61.2 days). A significant effect of the dwarf gene on single muscle fiber cross-section area was found from 12 weeks of age onwards, whereas the dwarf gene had no effect on the total number of muscle fibers. Comparing the effect of the dwarf gene on shank length at different ages revealed an earlier effect on skeleton growth, observed from 2 weeks of age, than on muscle development, which was affected from 8 to 12 weeks of age.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2008

사람 Y염색체상에 존재하는 RPS4Y(Ribosomal Protein S4Y) 유전자는 성별감정시 유용한 유전자로 규명되어 유전질환의 조기 발견이나 예방 및 태아의 성별판정 등에 응용되고 있다. 신원이 불분명한 사체에서 성별감정시, 기존의 성별감정에 이용되고 있는 다른 유전자와 함께 RPS4Y 유전자를 검색함으로써 성별감정의 신뢰도를 높힐 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 또한 사체의 손상이 심할 때 유전자를 이용한 개인식별은 제한을 받게 된다. 이때 치아는 인체의 기관 중 가장 견고한 구조로 구성되어 있어 외부 환경에 대한 물리적, 화학적 저항성이 높아 법의치과학적 개인식별에 널리 이용되므로, 본 연구에서는 사람 치아에서 중합효소연쇄반응법을 이용한 RPS4Y유전자를 검출하여 법의학적 성별감정에 응용하고자 하였다. 남녀 각각 10개의 치아에서 치수와 상아질을 분리한 후 DNA를 추출하여 중합효소연쇄반응을 시행하였다. RPS4Y 유전자를 검출한 결과, 남자에게서만 특이적으로 유전자가 검출되었으며, 이는 사람 치아에서 RPS4Y 유전자를 이용한 성별감정이 법의학적 개인식별의 성별감정 실무에 있어서 다른 유전자와 함께 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.40.1-40.8
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• 2022

The concepts of phylogeny and floral genetics play a crucial role in understanding the origin and diversification of flowers in angiosperms. Angiosperms evolved a great diversity of ways to display their flowers for reproductive success with variations in floral color, size, shape, scent, arrangements, and flowering time. The various innovations in floral forms and the aggregation of flowers into different kinds of inflorescences have driven new ecological adaptations, speciation, and angiosperm diversification. Evolutionary developmental biology seeks to uncover the developmental and genetic basis underlying morphological diversification. Advances in the developmental genetics of floral display have provided a foundation for insights into the genetic basis of floral and inflorescence evolution. A number of regulatory genes controlling floral and inflorescence development have been identified in model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Antirrhinum majus using forward genetics, and conserved functions of many of these genes across diverse non-model species have been revealed by reverse genetics. Transcription factors are vital elements in systems that play crucial roles in linked gene expression in the evolution and development of flowers. Therefore, we review the sex-linked genes, mostly transcription factors, associated with the complex and dynamic event of floral development and briefly discuss the sex-linked genes that have been characterized through next-generation sequencing.

• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.71-75
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• 2024

In this review, we compared the success rates of DNA amplification and introduced the efficient non-invasive sampling of fecal samples collected from captive and wild Korean long-tailed gorals (Naemorhedus caudatus) by referring to previous non-invasive studies, including three important references (Kim et al., 2008; Kim, 2021; Kim, 2022). A large difference in PCR success rates in the captive and wild populations was observed for mitochondrial (100 and 70.0%), sex-linked (44.4 and 20.8%), and microsatellite markers (73.9 and 34.8%, respectively). Out of the three types of genetic markers, the mitochondrial maker showed the highest success rate, followed by microsatellite and sex-linked markers. In addition, we estimated two factors that affected the PCR success, including the length of the amplified fragments (long, medium, and short) and the type of primer (universal and specific) in fecal samples from a captive population. The length of the PCR fragment was inversely proportional to the PCR success (5.3, 44.4, and 55.6% for long, medium, and short fragments, respectively), and the specific primer set (100%) was more efficient than the universal primer set (60.0%). This review is fundamental but would be greatly helpful for new non-invasive conservation genetic studies, particularly those that use fecal samples from captive and wild populations of rare endangered species. We recommend beginning conservation genetic experiments using mitochondrial markers and then nuclear markers, such as microsatellite and sex-linked markers, to save time, costs, and labor.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.113-123
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• 1992

본 연구는 반성은색유전자(S：silver gene)를 도입하여 성 감별용 산란종계 계통으로 육성하여 이를 모계통으로 이용함으로서 깃털에 의한 자웅감별이 가능할 뿐만 아니라 잡종강세를 이용한 우수실용계를 작출하고자 수행되었다. 암수 감별용 계통 조성을 위하여서는 현재 시판되고 있는 백색 실용계 수컷(Z$^{s}$ Z$^{s}$ ) 및 갈색 실용계 암컷(Z$^{s}$ W)을 이용하여 이들 중 우수개체를 선발하여 교잡시킴으로서 생산된 개체중 유전적 조성이 은색유전자를 동형(homo)으로 가진 개체들을 모계통으로 육성하고, 부계통 조성을 위하여서는 갈색유전자를 동형으로 가진 개체를 선발 육성하므로서 감별의 원종계를 작출하였다. 이들 조성된 계통을 이용하여 생산능력이 우수한 계통으로 육종하기 위하여 폐쇄군 육종방법(clossed flock breeding)을 사용하였다. 합성종 계계의 산란능력 검정 결과 60주령까지의 산란기록에 근거한 주요 경제능력은 초산 일령 161일, 60주령시 산난수 219개, 산난율 84% 평균난중 61g으로 외국에서 수입되는 우수종계에 버금가는 성적을 나타내었다. 또한 깃털에 의한 자웅감별이 가능할 뿐만 아니라 산난능력도 우수한 실용성 있는 암수 감별용 합성종을 육성 할 것으로 판단된다. 합성종 계통의 유전분석 결과 이들의 유전모수가 정상집단의 유전모수와 유사한 추정치를 보임으로서 특정계통 조성을 위한 선발에 기인된 유전변이의 변화는 거의 없음을 시사한다.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 1998

Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy are the major neuromuscular disorders with X-linked recessive inheritance. Preimplantation diagnosis of sex determination has been generally used to avoid male pregnancies with these diseases. However, in order to determine if the embryo is normal, carrier or affected regardless of the sex, there is a need for a combined analysis of specific exon on dystrophin gene as well as sex determination of embryo using the same biopsied blastomere. If the exon deletion is not determinable, further diagnosis of carrier or patient can be performed by haplotype analysis. In this study, we applied the primer extension preamplification (PEP) method, which amplifies the whole genome, in 40 cases of single amniocyte and 40 cases of chorionic villus cell. We analysed haplotypes using two (CA)n dinucleotide polymorphic markers located at the end of 5' and 3' region of the dystrophin gene. Exon 46 of dystrophin gene and DYZ3 on chromosome Y were chosen as a target sequence for coamplification PCR. Upon optimizing the conditions, the amplification rates were 91.25% (73/80) for haplotypes (92.5% in amniocyte, 90% in chorionic villus cell) and 88.75% (71/80) for coamplification (85% in amniocyte, 92.5% in chorionic villus cell). The result of the study indicates that haplotypes analysis and coamplification of dystrophin and Y-specific gene using PEP can be applied to prenatal and preimplantation diagnosis in Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy making it possible to determine if the fetus is a carrier or an affected one.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.20.1-20.20
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• 2018

Genetic hearing loss crosses almost all the categories of hearing loss which includes the following: conductive, sensory, and neural; syndromic and nonsyndromic; congenital, progressive, and adult onset; high-frequency, low-frequency, or mixed frequency; mild or profound; and recessive, dominant, or sex-linked. Genes play a role in almost half of all cases of hearing loss but effective treatment options are very limited. Genetic hearing loss is considered to be extremely genetically heterogeneous. The advancements in genomics have been instrumental to the identification of more than 6,000 causative variants in more than 150 genes causing hearing loss. Identification of genes for hearing impairment provides an increased insight into the normal development and function of cells in the auditory system. These defective genes will ultimately be important therapeutic targets. However, the auditory system is extremely complex which requires tremendous advances in gene therapy including gene vectors, routes of administration, and therapeutic approaches. This review summarizes and discusses recent advances in elucidating the genomics of genetic hearing loss and technologies aimed at developing a gene therapy that may become a treatment option for in the near future.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1993

본 연구는 반성 은색유전자(S：silver gene)를 도입하여 성 감별용 산난종계 계통으로 육성하여 이를 모계통으로 이용함으로서 깃털에 의한 자웅감별이 가능할 뿐만 아니라 잡종강세(heterosis)를 이용한 우수실용계 (commercial chicken)를 작출하고자 수행되었다. 시험은 암수감별용 계통으로 조성된 계통을 이용하여 1차년도에는 생산능력이 우수한 계통으로 육종하기 위해 폐쇄군 육종방법 (colosed flock breeding)을 사용하였고, 2차년도에서는 새로 조성된 계통을 활용하여 실용계 작출을 위한 우량 교배조합 선발을 실시하였다. 합성종 계통의 상업용 실용계로서의 산난능력 검정을 위한 교잡시험에서 B$\times$A, B$\times$C 교잡구와 외국도계 2계통, 그리고 국산계 2계통을 대조구로 삼아 56주령까지의 일반능력을 비교한 결과 생존율, 체중 등에 있어서는 교잡구와 대조구간에 차이를 발견하기 못하였다. 산란능력에 있어 초산체령은 170일 전후로 Manina White의 153일을 제외하고는 약 10여일 지연되었으나, 시험구간에 차이는 없었다. 산난지수는 B$\times$A, B$\times$C 교잡구가 각각 186.3, 191.3으로 외국도입계인 ISA 계통보다는 낮았지만 다른 대조구보다는 양호하였다. 산난율의 경우 교잡구가 각각 75.7%, 76.8%로서 ISA계통을 제외한 다른 대조구에 비해 높았고 난중에 있어서는 B$\times$C 교잡구가 64.5g으로 가장 높게 나타났다. 한편, 초생추들은 깃털색에 의해 완전하게 자웅감별이 가능함에 따라(99%) 이미 조성된 합성종의 유전적 조성이 고정되었음을 알 수 있었다. 이상으로 교잡시험의 결과를 살펴볼 때 B$\times$A, B$\times$C 교잡구의 산난능력은 다른 외국 도입계와 국산계에 비해 결코 떨어지지 않는다고 결론지을 수 있다. 결과적으로 본 시험을 통하여 암수감별용 계통으로 조성된 합성종의 능력은 우수하였으며 앞으로 산난계 개량에 매우 유용하게 이용될 것으로 생각된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.1647-1654
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• 2001

In poultry, the selection against broodiness took up presumably naturally occurred mutations in the White Leghorn breed and led to an almost complete loss of the avian form of parental behaviour (incubation of eggs). Early studies on the genetics of broodiness demonstrated that the trait is polygenic with a major sex-linked effect. The reassessment of the studies on putative genes located on the Z chromosome, which are implicated in the control of broodiness, has resulted in the denial of this hypothesis. The recent experiments bear witness that incubation behaviour in chickens is not controlled by a major gene (or genes) on Z chromosome and there must, therefore, be major autosomal genes contributing to the expression of the behaviour. If a broody gene does exist on the Z chromosome it is one of at least three genes including two dominant autosomal genes, one causing and other one inhibiting incubation behaviour, with probably equal influence.