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. 2026 Feb 9;17(2):210. doi: 10.3390/genes17020210
ABP Androgen-Binding Protein
A. seminis Actinobacillus seminis
AGID Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
AI Artificial Insemination
AS Alternative Splicing
ASMA Computer-Assisted Sperm Head Morphometry Analysis
BTV-3 Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3
B. ovis Brucella ovis
cAMP Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
CBBP Community-Based Breeding Program
CDS Coding DNA Sequence
CFLAR CASP8- and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulator
CNV Copy Number Variation
DA Differentially Abundant
DEG Differentially Expressed Gene
EBV Estimated Breeding Value
eCG Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
ErbB Erythroblastic Leukemia Viral Oncogene B
FHA Fourier Harmonic Amplitude
FoxO Forkhead Box O
FSH Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
GH Growth Hormone
GnRH Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
GO Gene Ontology
GWAS Genome-Wide Association Study
HG High-Grain (diet)
H. somni Histophilus somni
HPG Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Gonadal
IGF Insulin-Like Growth Factor
IVF In Vitro Fertilization
JEB Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa
KEGG Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
KNDy–GnRH neurons Kisspeptin, Neurokinin B, Dynorphin–Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons
Kp Kisspeptin
LAMB3 Laminin Subunit Beta-3
LH Luteinizing Hormone
lncRNAs Long Non-Coding RNAs
MAINT Maintenance
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase pathway
miR MicroRNA
MSY Male-Specific Region of the Y Chromosome
MXE Mutually Exclusive Exons
NEG Negative Plane Of Nutrition
NFKBIL1 NF-κB Inhibitor-Like 1
NOM Number of Mounts
NVSL National Veterinary Services Laboratories
PCR-RFLP Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
PGs Prostaglandins
PI3K-Akt Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase–Akt pathway
POS Positive Plane
QTL Quantitative Trait Locus
RI Intron Retention
rMATS Multivariate Analysis of Transcript Splicing
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
RT Reaction Time
RT-PCR Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction
RT-qPCR Reverse Transcription Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
RXFP1 Relaxin/Insulin-Like Peptide Receptor 1
SC Scrotal Circumference
SE Skipped Exon (Alternative Splicing Event)
SNP Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
T Testosterone
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor Beta
WGCNA Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis