The world demand for animal-based food products is anticipated to increase by 70% by
2050. Meeting this demand in a way that has a minimal impact on the environment will …

Domestic goats (Capra hircus) are spread across the five continents with a census of 1
billion individuals. The worldwide population of goats descends from a limited number of …

The evolutionary basis of domestication has been a longstanding question and its genetic
architecture is becoming more tractable as more domestic species become genome …

Goat domestication was critical for agriculture and civilization, but its underlying genetic
changes and selection regimes remain unclear. Here, we analyze the genomes of …

Understanding the factors that affect water quality and the ecological services provided by
freshwater ecosystems is an urgent global environmental issue. Predicting how water quality …

The goat (Capra hircus) is one of the first farm animals that have undergone domestication
and extensive natural and artificial selection by adapting to various environments, which in …

Copy number variation (CNV) is the most prevalent type of genetic structural variation that
has been recognized as an important source of phenotypic variation in humans, animals …

Background The increasing amount of sequencing data available for a wide variety of
species can be theoretically used for detecting copy number variations (CNVs) at the …

Goat plays a crucial role in human livelihoods, being a major source of meat, milk, fiber, and
hides, particularly under adverse climatic conditions. The goat genomics related to the …

Background The domestication of goat (Capra hircus) started 11,000 years ago in the fertile
crescent. Breed formation in the nineteenth century, establishment of herd books, and …