Copy number variation (CNV) might be one of the main contributors to phenotypic diversity
and evolutionary adaptation in animals and plants, employing a wide variety of mechanisms …

Fertility is one of the most economically important traits in both beef and dairy cattle
production; however, only female fertility is typically subjected to selection. Male and female …

Abstract Background Copy number variations (CNVs) are widespread in the human or
animal genome and are a significant source of genetic variation, which has been …

High-throughput sequencing technologies have offered in recent years new opportunities to
study genome variations. These studies have mostly focused on single nucleotide …

Background In this paper, we simulate deleterious load in an animal breeding program, and
compare the efficiency of genome editing and selection for decreasing it. Deleterious …

Background If unmanaged, high rates of inbreeding in livestock populations adversely
impact their reproductive fitness. In beef cattle, historical selection strategies have increased …

Genome‐wide association studies in livestock based on high‐resolution genotyping and
sequencing have revealed that the majority of signals associated with complex phenotypic …

We previously discovered that systemic delivery of decorin for treatment of breast carcinoma
xenografts induces paternally expressed gene 3 (Peg3), an imprinted gene encoding a zinc …

Brazil is one of the largest beef producers and exporters in the world with the Nelore breed
representing the vast majority of Brazilian cattle (Bos taurus indicus). Despite the great …

Andersson L (Uppsala University, Uppsala; and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
Uppsala; Sweden). How selective sweeps in domestic animals provide new insight into …