Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yang, Ji
• Li, Meng-Hua

Titel

A multi-omics integrated study deciphers biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism

Ist Teil von

• Science China. Life sciences, 2014-09, Vol.57 (9), p.951-953

Ort / Verlag

Beijing: Science China Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Sheep （Ovis aries）, as one of the earliest domesticated ru- minant livestock, can effectively make use of plant fibers via the rumen, and provide multiple products such as meat, milk and wool for human. However, molecular mechanism of the digestion and lipid metabolism for ruminants has been largely unexplored. The publishing of the complete genomes of cattle （Bos taurus） in 2009 [1] and later two other ruminant livestock, i.e., yak [2] and goat [3], have opened a new window to the biology and evolution of ru- minants. Quite recently, Science published a high-quality sheep reference genome assembly and its comparisons with those of goat and cattle. The findings identified two sets of genes that are associated with rumen evolution and lipid metabolism, respectively [4].