Simple Summary Skeletal muscle mass is an important economic trait, and muscle
development and growth is a crucial factor to supply enough meat for human consumption …

Simple Summary Sheep is one of the most economically important animals used as a
source of meat, milk, wool, and fur for human society. These commodities are essential for …

Background Natural and artificial directional selection in cosmopolitan and autochthonous
pig breeds and wild boars have shaped their genomes and resulted in a reservoir of animal …

Abstract The Old World camels play an important role as one of the main food sources in
large parts of Asia and Africa. Natural selection combined with artificial selection by human …

Sheep is a major contributor to global food production among livestock and one of the great
sources of red meat for human consumption. Several QTL and numerous genes with major …

The functional genes underlying phenotypic variation and their interactions represent"
genetic mysteries". Understanding and utilizing these genetic mysteries are key solutions for …

A dataset consisting of 787 animals with high‐density SNP chip genotypes (346 774 SNP s)
and 939 animals with medium‐density SNP chip genotypes (33 828 SNPs) from eight …

High-quality whole-genome resequencing in large-scale pig populations with pedigree
structure and multiple breeds would enable accurate construction of haplotype and robust …

Simple Summary After domestication in specific regions, livestock followed human
migrations and colonized the whole world. During this population expansion, human and …

Mature body size is genetically correlated with growth rate, an important economic trait in the
sheep industry. Mature body size has been studied extensively in humans as well as cattle …