The world demand for animal-based food products is anticipated to increase by 70% by
2050. Meeting this demand in a way that has a minimal impact on the environment will …

Background After domestication, the evolution of phenotypically-varied sheep breeds has
generated rich biodiversity. This wide phenotypic variation arises as a result of hidden …

Background Sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated. They are raised all
over the world and produce a major scale of animal-based protein for human consumption …

Background Single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (SSGBLUP) is a
comprehensive method for genomic prediction. Point estimates of marker effects from …

Domestication fundamentally reshaped animal morphology, physiology and behaviour,
offering the opportunity to investigate the molecular processes driving evolutionary change …

Background One of the approaches to detect genetics variants affecting fitness traits is to
identify their surrounding genomic signatures of past selection. With established methods for …

Genomic studies in small ruminants were first possible in 2009 with the development of the
50K ovine SNP chip.• Genomic evaluation has now been implemented in sheep in New …

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 …

Simple Summary The cytokine-activated Janus kinase (JAK)—signal transducer and
activator of transcription (STAT) pathway has an important role in the regulation of immunity …

Different sheep breeds have evolved after initial domestication, generating various tail
phenotypic patterns. The phenotypic diversity of sheep tail patterns offers ideal materials for …