This review presents a broader approach to the implementation and study of runs of
homozygosity (ROH) in animal populations, focusing on identifying and characterizing ROH …

Inbreeding, by virtue of its consequence on traits of interest, is a topic of major interest for
geneticists and animal breeders. Based on meta‐analysis conducted on 57 studies and …

Increased inbreeding is an inevitable consequence of selection in livestock populations. The
analysis of high‐density single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) facilitates the identification …

Genomic selection increases accuracy and decreases generation interval, accelerating
genetic changes in populations. Assumptions of genetic improvement must be addressed to …

Background Levels of inbreeding in cattle populations have increased in the past due to the
use of a limited number of bulls for artificial insemination. High levels of inbreeding lead to …

Background Recent developments in sequencing technology have facilitated widespread
investigations of genomic variants, including continuous stretches of homozygous genomic …

Computation of inbreeding rate (ΔF) must consider that inbreeding is delayed with one
generation with respect to the idealized population when addressed using individual …

Genomic selection has been commonly used for selection for over a decade. In this time, the
rate of genetic gain has more than doubled in some countries, while inbreeding per year has …

We present here a simple approach to obtain reliable estimates of the effective population
size in real world populations via the computation of the increase in inbreeding for each …

We introduce a simple method to estimate effective population size from increase in
coancestry (Δcjk) for all pairs of individuals j and k in a reference subpopulation. An increase …