Goat domestication and breeding: a jigsaw of historical, biological and molecular data with missing pieces

M Amills, J Capote, G Tosser‐Klopp - Animal genetics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Domestic goats (Capra hircus) are spread across the five continents with a census of 1
billion individuals. The worldwide population of goats descends from a limited number of …

Genome-wide SNP profiling of worldwide goat populations reveals strong partitioning of diversity and highlights post-domestication migration routes

L Colli, M Milanesi, A Talenti, F Bertolini… - Genetics Selection …, 2018 - Springer
Background Goat populations that are characterized within the AdaptMap project cover a
large part of the worldwide distribution of this species and provide the opportunity to assess …

Applications of microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphisms for the genetic characterization of cattle and small ruminants: An overview

O Cortes, J Cañon, LT Gama - Ruminants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The status of genetic diversity, adaptation to climate change or the identification of genes
associated with traits of interest in livestock populations has been a major concern for …

The climatic and genetic heritage of Italian goat breeds with genomic SNP data

M Cortellari, M Barbato, A Talenti, A Bionda, A Carta… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Local adaptation of animals to the environment can abruptly become a burden when faced
with rapid climatic changes such as those foreseen for the Italian peninsula over the next 70 …

Genetic diversity and patterns of population structure in Creole goats from the Americas

C Ginja, LT Gama, A Martinez, N Sevane… - Animal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity studies are more efficient when large numbers of breeds belonging to several
countries are involved, as they allow for an in‐depth analysis of the within‐and between …

Development of a SNP panel dedicated to parentage assignment in French sheep populations

F Tortereau, CR Moreno, G Tosser-Klopp, B Servin… - BMC genetics, 2017 - Springer
Background The efficiency of breeding programs partly relies on the accuracy of the
estimated breeding values which decreases when pedigrees are incomplete. Two …

Single nucleotide polymorphisms for DNA typing in the domestic horse

HM Holl, J Vanhnasy, RE Everts… - Animal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic markers are important resources for individual identification and parentage
assessment. Although short tandem repeats (STR s) have been the traditional DNA marker …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in breeding and genetics for dairy goats

TA Gipson - Asian-Australasian journal of animal sciences, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Goats (Capra hircus) were domesticated during the late Neolithic, approximately 10,500
years ago, and humans exerted minor selection pressure until fairly recently. Probably the …

Development and validation of a 1 K sika deer (Cervus nippon) SNP Chip

H Fan, T Wang, Y Li, H Liu, Y Dong, R Zhang… - BMC Genomic …, 2021 - Springer
Background China is the birthplace of the deer family and the country with the most
abundant deer resources. However, at present, China's deer industry faces the problem that …

Functional SNP panel for parentage assessment and assignment in worldwide goat breeds

A Talenti, I Palhière, F Tortereau, G Pagnacco… - Genetics Selection …, 2018 - Springer
Background International standard panels of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have
replaced microsatellites in several species for parentage assessment and assignment (PA) …