Genomic selection has an essential role in the livestock economy by increasing selection
productivity. Genomics provides a mechanism to increase the rate of genetic gain using …

Previous studies have reported that some important loci are missed in single-locus genome-
wide association studies (GWAS), especially because of the large phenotypic error in field …

Spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) is the leading cause of neonatal death and morbidity
worldwide. Both maternal and fetal genetic factors likely contribute to SPTB. We performed a …

Carcass merits are widely considered as economically important traits affecting beef
production in the beef cattle industry. However, the genetic basis of carcass traits remains to …

Background Climate and farming systems, several of which are considered as low-input
agricultural systems, vary between goat populations from Northern and Southern Italy and …

Background Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays have facilitated discovery of
genetic markers associated with complex traits in domestic cattle; thereby enabling modern …

Genomic regions subjected to selection frequently show signatures such as within-
population reduced nucleotide diversity and outlier values of differentiation among …

Bone weight is critical to affect body conformation and stature in cattle. In this study, we
conducted a genome-wide association study for bone weight in Chinese Simmental beef …

The research focuses on analysing and generalising the distribution of internal adipose
tissue and organs that are not part of the carcasses of inbred and outbred bulls of the …

This study identified genomic variants and underlying candidate genes related to the whole
carcass and individual primal cut lean content in Canadian commercial crossbred beef …