Consumption of red meat contributes to the intake of many essential nutrients in the human
diet including protein, essential fatty acids, and several vitamins and trace minerals, with …

Background The detection of signatures of selection has the potential to elucidate the
identities of genes and mutations associated with phenotypic traits important for livestock …

Background In the evolutionary time scale, selection shapes the genetic variation and alters
the architecture of genome in the organisms. Selection leaves detectable signatures at the …

Heat stress represents a key factor that negatively affects the productive and reproductive
performance of farm animals. In the present work, a new measure of tolerance to heat stress …

Analyses of livestock genomes have been used to detect selection signatures, which are
genomic regions associated with traits under selection leading to a change in allele …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the meat metabolite profiles related to
differences in beef quality attributes (ie, high-marbled and low-marbled groups) using …

Meat quality has an inherent complexity because of the multiple interrelated causative
factors and layers of feedback regulation. Understanding the key factors and their …

This study aimed to investigate the carcass traits and meat quality of typical Chinese
indigenous cattle breeds, and to compare the difference in beef composition between …

Goats play an important role in the livestock sector in Greece. The national herd consists
mainly of two indigenous breeds, the Eghoria and Skopelos. Here, we report the population …

Genetic diversity is of great importance and a prerequisite for genetic improvement and
conservation programs in pigs and other livestock populations. The present study provides a …