Prenatal maternal and possible transgenerational epigenetic effects on milk production

Prenatal maternal and possible transgenerational epigenetic effects on milk production

This study investigated whether the prenatal maternal environment in dairy cattle influences the postnatal milking performance of the resulting daughters and grand-daughters. Linear mixed models were used to analyse whole season milk production from ∼ 46,000 Jersey and ∼ 123,000 Holstein Friesian co...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2014-06, Vol.9 (6), p.e98928-e98928
Hauptverfasser: Gudex, Boyd, Johnson, David, Singh, Kuljeet
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Animal lactation
Animals
Biology and Life Sciences
Bovidae
Cattle
Dairy cattle
Daughters
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Energy
Environment
Epigenesis, Genetic
Epigenetic inheritance
Epigenetics
Fats - metabolism
Female
Gene expression
Influence
Lactation
Livestock
Maternal effects
Milk
Milk - metabolism
Milk production
Milk Proteins - metabolism
Milking
Models, Theoretical
Nutrition
Phenotype
Phenotypic variations
Physiology
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Production data
Quantitative genetics
Reduction
Seasons
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigated whether the prenatal maternal environment in dairy cattle influences the postnatal milking performance of the resulting daughters and grand-daughters. Linear mixed models were used to analyse whole season milk production from ∼ 46,000 Jersey and ∼ 123,000 Holstein Friesian cows in their 1st and 2nd lactations. Variation in the prenatal environment was associated with a small but significant (P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0098928