Milking the dairy cattle epigenome: a co-methylation network to detect epigenetic biomarkers associated with metabolic stress in dairy calves
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Introduction
- Epigenetic information can be used to explain part of the residual variance in breeding programmes
- Epigenetic marks can be inherited and detected
- In dairy cattle, lactation and gestation can overlap. The embryo competes with the mammary tissue for energy
- There can epigenetic differences between calves gestated by nonlactating heifers (PP) and by lactating multiparous cows (MP)