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Long-term N fertilization imbalances potential N acquisition and transformations by soil microbes by Huang, L., Riggins, C.W., Rodríguez-Zas, S., Zabaloy, M.C., Villamil, M.B.

“…Nitrogen (N) fertilization in agricultural soils has been receiving worldwide attention due to its detrimental effects on ecosystem services, particularly on…”
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Acidification in corn monocultures favor fungi, ammonia oxidizing bacteria, and nirK-denitrifier groups by Behnke, G.D., Zabaloy, M.C., Riggins, C.W., Rodríguez-Zas, S., Huang, L., Villamil, M.B.

“…Agricultural practices of no-till and crop rotations are critical to counteract the detrimental effects of monocultures and tillage operations on ecosystem…”
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Early-lactation diseases and fertility in 2 seasons of calving across US dairy herds by Pinedo, P, Santos, J E P, Chebel, R C, Galvão, K N, Schuenemann, G M, Bicalho, R C, Gilbert, R O, Rodriguez Zas, S, Seabury, C M, Rosa, G, Thatcher, W W

“…The objective of this study was to characterize incidences of health disorders during early lactation in a large population of Holstein cows calving in 2…”
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Brain gene expression changes elicited by peripheral vitellogenin knockdown in the honey bee by Wheeler, M. M., Ament, S. A., Rodriguez-Zas, S. L., Robinson, G. E.

“…Vitellogenin (Vg) is best known as a yolk protein precursor. Vg also functions to regulate behavioural maturation in adult honey bee workers, but the…”
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Regulation of brain gene expression in honey bees by brood pheromone by Alaux, C., Le Conte, Y., Adams, H. A., Rodriguez‐Zas, S., Grozinger, C. M., Sinha, S., Robinson, G. E.

“…Pheromones are very important in animal communication. To learn more about the molecular basis of pheromone action, we studied the effects of a potent honey…”
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An analysis of survey data by size of the breeding herd for the reproductive management practices of North American sow farms by Knox, R V, Rodriguez Zas, S L, Sloter, N L, McNamara, K A, Gall, T J, Levis, D G, Safranski, T J, Singleton, W L

“…A survey was performed to assess whether reproductive management differed among small-sized (Sm, <500 sows), medium-sized (M, 501 to 2,000 sows), and…”
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Common and novel transcriptional routes to behavioral maturation in worker and male honey bees by Zayed, A., Naeger, N. L., Rodriguez‐Zas, S. L., Robinson, G. E.

“…Worker honey bees (Apis mellifera) undergo a process of behavioral maturation leading to their transition from in‐hive tasks to foraging – a process which is…”
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Prepartum body condition score and plane of nutrition affect the hepatic transcriptome during the transition period in grazing dairy cows by Vailati-Riboni, M, Meier, S, Burke, C R, Kay, J K, Mitchell, M D, Walker, C G, Crookenden, M A, Heiser, A, Rodriguez-Zas, S L, Roche, J R, Loor, J J

“…A transcriptomic approach was used to evaluate potential interactions between prepartum body condition score (BCS) and feeding management in the weeks before…”
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Transcriptional changes in mesenteric and subcutaneous adipose tissue from Holstein cows in response to plane of dietary energy by Moisá, S J, Ji, P, Drackley, J K, Rodriguez-Zas, S L, Loor, J J

“…Dairy cows can readily overconsume dietary energy during most of the prepartum period, often leading to higher prepartal concentrations of insulin and glucose…”
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Impacts of chronic stress and social status on various physiological and performance measures in pigs of different breeds by Sutherland, M. A, Niekamp, S. R, Rodriguez-Zas, S. L, Salak-Johnson, J. L

“…Pigs typically experience various environmental stressors, which can negatively affect performance. Cortisol concentrations and various immune and performance…”
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Prepartal Energy Intake Alters Blood Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Transcriptome During the Peripartal Period in Holstein Cows by Agrawal, A, Khan, MJ, Graugnard, DE, Vailati-Riboni, M, Rodriguez-Zas, SL, Osorio, JS, Loor, JJ

“…In the dairy industry, cow health and farmer profits depend on the balance between diet (ie, nutrient composition, daily intake) and metabolism. This is…”
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Breed and age affect baseline immune traits, cortisol, and performance in growing pigs by Sutherland, M. A, Rodriguez-Zas, S. L, Ellis, M, Salak-Johnson, J. L

“…It was hypothesized in these studies that differences would exist in baseline immune and performance measures among different breeds of pigs, and that these…”
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Space allowance for dry, pregnant sows in pens: Body condition, skin lesions, and performance by Salak-Johnson, J. L, Niekamp, S. R, Rodriguez-Zas, S. L, Ellis, M, Curtis, S. E

“…Different floor space allowances for dry, pregnant sows in pens were evaluated to determine the impacts of space on sow performance, productivity, and body…”
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Level of nutrient intake affects mammary gland gene expression profiles in preweaned Holstein heifers by Piantoni, P, Daniels, K M, Everts, R E, Rodriguez-Zas, S L, Lewin, H A, Hurley, W L, Akers, R M, Loor, J J

“…Bovine mammary parenchyma (PAR) and fat pad (MFP) development are responsive to preweaning level of nutrient intake. We studied transcriptome alterations in…”
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Enhanced fertility prediction of cryopreserved boar spermatozoa using novel sperm function assessment by Daigneault, B. W., McNamara, K. A., Purdy, P. H., Krisher, R. L., Knox, R. V., Rodriguez‐Zas, S. L., Miller, D. J.

“…Summary Due to reduced fertility, cryopreserved semen is seldom used for commercial porcine artificial insemination (AI). Predicting the fertility of…”
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Distance‐responsive genes found in dancing honey bees by Sen Sarma, M., Rodriguez‐Zas, S. L., Gernat, T., Nguyen, T., Newman, T., Robinson, G. E.

“…We report that regions of the honey bee brain involved in visual processing and learning and memory show a specific genomic response to distance information…”
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Long-term residue removal under tillage decreases amoA-nitrifiers and stimulates nirS-denitrifier groups in the soil by Kim, N., Riggins, C.W., Rodríguez-Zas, S., Zabaloy, M.C., Villamil, M.B.

“…No-till in continuous corn (Zea mays L.) production helps to keep an important volume of residues on the soil surface, creating management challenges that…”
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Interval and composite interval mapping of somatic cell score, yield, and components of milk in dairy cattle by Rodriguez-Zas, S L, Southey, B R, Heyen, D W, Lewin, H A

“…Single-marker, interval-mapping (IM) and composite interval mapping (CIM) were used to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling milk, fat and protein…”
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Genome-wide census and expression profiling of chicken neuropeptide and prohormone convertase genes by Delfino, K.R, Southey, B.R, Sweedler, J.V, Rodriguez-Zas, S.L

“…Abstract Neuropeptides regulate cell-cell signaling and influence many biological processes in vertebrates, including development, growth, and reproduction…”
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Biological interpretations of transcriptomic profiles in mammalian oocytes and embryos by Rodriguez-Zas, S L, Schellander, K, Lewin, H A

“…The characterization of gene-expression profiles in oocytes and embryos is critical to understand the influence of genetic and environmental factors on…”
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