References

Amador-Noguez D, Dean A, Huang WD, Setchell K, Moore D, Darlington G (2007) Alterations in xenobiotic metabolism in the long-lived Little mice. Aging Cell 6, 453–470.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Andersen G, Burgdorf KS, Sparso T, Borch-Johnsen K, Jorgensen T, Hansen T, Pedersen O (2008) AHSG tag single nucleotide polymorphisms associate with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia: studies of metabolic traits in 7,683 white Danish subjects. Diabetes 57, 1427–1432.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Arányi T, Varadi A, Simon I, Tusnady GE (2006) The BiSearch web server. BMC Bioinformatics 7, 431
| CrossRef |

Archer JA, Richardson EC, Herd RM, Arthur PF (1999) Potential for selection to improve efficiency of feed use in beef cattle: a review. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 50, 147–161.
| CrossRef |

Arthur PF, Archer JA, Johnston DJ, Herd RM, Richardson EC, Parnell PF (2001) Genetic and phenotypic variance and covariance components for feed intake, feed efficiency, and other postweaning traits in Angus cattle. Journal of Animal Science 79, 2805–2811.

Arthur PF, Herd RM, Wilkins JF, Archer JA (2005) Maternal productivity of Angus cows divergently selected for post-weaning residual feed intake. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 45, 985–993.
| CrossRef |

Arthur PF, Herd RM, Basarab JA (2010) The role of cattle genetically efficient in feed utilisation in an Australian carbon trading environment. Australian Farm Business Management Journal 7, 5–14.

Barbado M, Preisser L, Boisdron-Celle M, Verriele V, Lorimier G, Gamelin E, Morel A (2006) Tumor quantification of several fluoropyrimidines resistance gene expression with a unique quantitative RT-PCR method. Implications for pretherapeutic determination of tumor resistance phenotype. Cancer Letters 242, 168–179.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Barendse W, Reverter A, Bunch RJ, Harrison BE, Barris W, Thomas MB (2007) A validated whole-genome association study of efficient food conversion in cattle. Genetics 176, 1893–1905.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Baty F, Facompre M, Kaiser S, Schumacher M, Pless M, Bubendorf L, Savic S, Marrer E, Budach W, Buess M, Kehren J, Tamm M, Brutsche MH (2010) Gene profiling of clinical routine biopsies and prediction of survival in non-small cell lung cancer. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 181, 181–188.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Bindon BM (2001) Genesis of the Cooperative Research Centre for the Cattle and Beef Industry: integration of resources for beef quality research (1993–2000). Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 41, 843–853.
| CrossRef |

Birney E, Andrews D, Caccamo M, Chen Y, Clarke L, Coates G, Cox T, Cunningham F, Curwen V, Cutts T, Down T, Durbin R, Fernandez-Suarez XM, Flicek P, Gräf S, Hammond M, Herrero J, Howe K, Iyer V, Jekosch K, Kähäri A, Kasprzyk A, Keefe D, Kokocinski F, Kulesha E, London D, Longden I, Melsopp C, Meidl P, Overduin B, Parker A, Proctor G, Prlic A, Rae M, Rios D, Redmond S, Schuster M, Sealy I, Searle S, Severin J, Slater G, Smedley D, Smith J, Stabenau A, Stalker J, Trevanion S, Ureta-Vidal A, Vogel J, White S, Woodwark C, Hubbard TJP (2006) Ensembl 2006. Nucleic Acids Research 34, D556–D561.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Bolormaa S, Hayes BJ, Savin K, Hawken R, Barendse W, Arthur PF, Herd RM, Goddard ME (2011) Genome-wide association studies for feedlot and growth traits in cattle. Journal of Animal Science 89, 1684–1697.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Chen Y, Gondro C, Quinn K, Herd RM, Parnell PF, Vanselow B (2011) Global gene expression profiling reveals genes expressed differentially in cattle with high and low residual feed intake. Animal Genetics 42, 475–490.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Chen Y, Arthur PF, Herd RM, Quinn K, Barchia IM (2012) Using genes differentially expressed in bulls to classify steers divergently selected for high and low residual feed intake. Animal Production Science 52, 608–612.

Crowley JJ, McGee M, Kenny DA, Crews DH, Evans RD, Berry DP (2010) Phenotypic and genetic parameters for different measures of feed efficiency in different breeds of Irish performance-tested beef bulls. Journal of Animal Science 88, 885–894.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Dagliyan O, Uney-Yuksektepe F, Kavakli IH, Turkay M (2011) Optimization based tumor classification from Microarray Gene Expression Data. PLoS ONE 6, e14579
| CrossRef | CAS |

Donoghue KA, Arthur PF, Wilkins JF, Herd RM (2011) Onset of puberty and early-life reproduction in Angus females divergently selected for post-weaning residual feed intake. Animal Production Science 51, 183–190.
| CrossRef |

Golub TR, Slonim DK, Tamayo P, Huard C, Gaasenbeek M, Mesirov JP, Coller H, Loh ML, Downing JR, Caligiuri MA, Bloomfield CD, Lander ES (1999) Molecular classification of cancer: class discovery and class prediction by gene expression monitoring. Science 286, 531–537.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Hellemans J, Mortier G, De Paepe A, Speleman F, Vandesompele J (2007) qBase relative quantification framework and software for management and automated analysis of real-time quantitative PCR data. Genome Biology 8, R19
| CrossRef |

Herd RM, Arthur PF (2009) Physiological basis for residual feed intake. Journal of Animal Science 87, E64–E71.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Kliewer SA, Goodwin B, Willson TM (2002) The nuclear pregnane X receptor: a key regulator of xenobiotic metabolism. Endocrine Reviews 23, 687–702.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Koch RM, Swiger LA, Chambers D, Gregory KE (1963) Efficiency of feed use in beef cattle. Journal of Animal Science 22, 486–494.

Korkola JE, Houldsworth J, Feldman DR, Olshen AB, Qin LX, Patil S, Reuter VE, Bosl GJ, Chaganti RSK (2009) Identification and validation of a gene expression signature that predicts outcome in adult men with germ cell tumors. Journal of Clinical Oncology 27, 5240–5247.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Kretschmer XC, Baldwin WS (2005) CAR and PXR: xenosensors of endocrine disrupters? Chemico-Biological Interactions 155, 111–128.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Lavebratt C, Dungner E, Hoffstedt J (2005) Polymorphism of the AHSG gene is associated with increased adipocyte (beta)2-adrenoceptor function. Journal of Lipid Research 46, 2278–2281.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Li C, Liang Y-Y, Feng X-H, Tsai SY, Tsai M-J, O’Malley BW (2008) Essential phosphatases and a phospho-degron are critical for regulation of SRC-3/AIB1 coactivator function and turnover. Molecular Cell 31, 835–849.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Liu MF, Goonewardene LA, Bailey DRC, Basarab JA, Kemp RA, Arthur PF, Okine EK, Makarechian M (2000) A study on the variation of feed efficiency in station tested beef bulls. Canadian Journal of Animal Science 80, 435–441.
| CrossRef |

Marino M, di Masi A, Trezza V, Pallottini V, Polticelli F, Ascenzi P (2011) Xenosensors car and pxr at work: impact on statin metabolism. Current Drug Metabolism 12, 300–311.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Mathews ST, Singh GP, Ranalletta M, Cintron VJ, Qiang X, Goustin AS, Jen K-LC, Charron MJ, Jahnen-Dechent W, Grunberger G (2002) Improved insulin sensitivity and resistance to weight gain in mice null for the Ahsg gene. Diabetes 51, 2450–2458.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Moreau A, Vilarem MJ, Maurel P, Pascussi JM (2008) Xenoreceptors CAR and PXR activation and consequences on lipid metabolism, glucose homeostasis, and inflammatory response. Molecular Pharmaceutics 5, 35–41.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Nagel DJ, Aizawa T, Jeon K-I, Liu W, Mohan A, Wei H, Miano JM, Florio VA, Gao P, Korshunov VA, Berk BC, Yan C (2006) Role of nuclear Ca2+/calmodulin-stimulated phosphodiesterase 1A in vascular smooth muscle cell growth and survival. Circulation Research 98, 777–784.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Nkrumah JD, Basarab JA, Wang Z, Li C, Price MA, Okine EK, Crews DH, Moore SS (2007) Genetic and phenotypic relationships of feed intake and measures of efficiency with growth and carcass merit of beef cattle. Journal of Animal Science 85, 2711–2720.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Payne RW, Harding SA, Murray DA, Soutar DM, Baird DB, Welham SJ, Kane AF, Gilmour AR, Thompson R, Webster R, Tunnicliffe Wilson G (2007) ‘Genstat Release 10. Reference Manual, Part 2 Directives.’ (VSN International: Hemel Hempstead, UK)

Robinson DL, Oddy VH (2004) Genetic parameters for feed efficiency, fatness, muscle area and feeding behaviour of feedlot finished beef cattle. Livestock Production Science 90, 255–270.
| CrossRef |

Sherman EL, Nkrumah JD, Murdoch BM, Moore SS (2008) Identification of polymorphisms influencing feed intake and efficiency in beef cattle. Animal Genetics 39, 225–231.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Sherman EL, Nkrumah JD, Li C, Bartusiak R, Murdoch B, Moore SS (2009) Fine mapping quantitative trait loci for feed intake and feed efficiency in beef cattle. Journal of Animal Science 87, 37–45.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Wang YX, Klijn JGM,, Zhang Y, Sieuwerts AM, Look MP, Yang F, Talantov D, Timmermans M, Meijer-van Gelder ME, Yu J, Jatkoe T, Berns EM, Atkins D, Foekens JA (2005) Gene-expression pro-files to predict distant metastasis of lymph-node-negative primary breast cancer. Lancet 365, 671–679.

Xu CJ, Li CYT, Kong ANT (2005) Induction of phase I, II and III drug metabolism/transport by xenobiotics. Archives of Pharmacal Research 28, 249–268.
| CrossRef | CAS |

Yamada PM, Lee K-W (2009) Perspectives in mammalian IGFBP-3 biology: local vs. systemic action. American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology 296, C954–C976.
| CrossRef | CAS |

You M, Lu Y, Liu PY, Yi Y, Morrison C, Yang P, Sun Z, Szoke J, Gerald WL, Watson M, Govindan R, You M (2006) A gene expression signature predicts survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. PLoS Medicine 3, 2229–2243.