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A transgenerational study on the effect of great-granddam birth month on granddaughter EBV for production traits in Italian Simmental cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Apr 2023
Macciotta Nicolò P P, Dimauro Corrado, Degano Lorenzo, Vicario Daniele, Cesarani Alberto
Abstract excerpt
Heat tolerance is a key feature of resilient animals. Offspring of animals that suffer environmental stress during pregnancy could show physiological, morphological, and metabolic modifications. This is due to a dynamic reprogramming of the epigenetics of the mammalian genome that occurs in the early life cycle. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the extent of the transgenerational effect of heat...
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