Selective breeding has been practiced since domestication, but early breeders commonly
selected on appearance (eg, coat color) rather than performance traits (eg, milk yield). A …

Dairy cow longevity is an essential economic trait that can supplement the breeding value of
production traits, which is related to the herd time and lifetime milk yield of dairy cows …

Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a powerful approach to identify genomic regions
and genetic variants associated with phenotypes. However, only limited mutual confirmation …

Lactation persistency and milk production are among the most economically important traits
in the dairy industry. In this study, we explored the association of over 6.1 million imputed …

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 …

In this study, we describe the development and characterization of the first high‐density
single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping array for rainbow trout. The SNP array is …

The intensive selection programs for milk made possible by mass artificial insemination
increased the similarity among the genomes of North American (NA) Holsteins tremendously …

Background Body weight (BW) is an important trait for meat production in sheep. Although
over the past few years, numerous quantitative trait loci (QTL) have been detected for …

Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are a powerful tool for detecting
genomic regions explaining variation in phenotype. The objectives of the present study were …

Background Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for specific genes
involved in reproduction might improve reliability of genomic estimates for these low …