Background Understanding how organisms evolve and adapt to extreme habitats is of
crucial importance in evolutionary ecology. Altitude gradients are an important determinant …

Analysis of genomic data is becoming increasingly common in the livestock industry and the
findings have been an invaluable resource for effective management of breeding programs …

To establish the diversity, structure, and phylogenetic relationships among Colombian
Creole cattle, six native breeds and one introduced breed were genotyped for 20 …

Under a climate change perspective, the genetic make-up of local livestock breeds showing
adaptive traits should be explored and preserved as a priority. We used genotype data from …

Improved knowledge of the diversity within and among local animal populations is
increasingly necessary for their sustainable management. Accordingly, this study assessed …

Investigating the genetic variability and structure of Moroccan sheep breeds will reveal
crucial information for the conservation and management of this population. This study used …

Simple Summary The aim of this work is to identify CNVs and perform a CNV-based
population genetics analysis in five Italian sheep breeds (Barbaresca, Comisana, Pinzirita …

Traditional domestic breeds of domestic animals are part of the “living” wealth of the world,
part of the disappearing biodiversity and a valuable local gene pool. Nowadays, they are …

Introduction The development of reproducible tools for the rapid genotyping of thousands of
genetic markers (SNPs) has promoted cross border collaboration in the study of sheep …

Background The recent availability of sheep genome-wide SNP panels allows providing
background information concerning genome structure in domestic animals. The aim of this …