Human concern about the status of genetic diversity in livestock breeds and their
conservation has increased, as intense selection and reduced population sizes in many …

Bos indicus cattle acquired very particular traits to thrive in distinct environments based on
the evolutionary adaptation process they have undergone, becoming particularly relevant for …

Background A decline in the level of genetic diversity in livestock can result in reduced
response to selection, greater incidence of genetic defects, and inbreeding depression. In …

Abstract Background Runs of homozygosity (ROHs) are homozygous segments of the
genome where the two haplotypes inherited from the parents are identical. The current …

Abstract Background Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), llama (Lama glama), vicugna (Vicugna
vicugna) and guanaco (Lama guanicoe), are the camelid species distributed over the …

Background While the adoption of genomic evaluations in livestock has increased genetic
gain rates, its effects on genetic diversity and accumulation of inbreeding have raised …

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping tools, which can analyse thousands of
SNPs covering the whole genome, have opened new opportunities to estimate the …

Background Natural and artificial selection leads to changes in certain regions of the
genome resulting in selection signatures that can reveal genes associated with the selected …

ROHs are long stretches of DNA homozygous at each polymorphic position. The proportion
of genome covered by ROHs and their length are indicators of the level and origin of …

Intensive artificial and natural selection have shaped substantial variation among European
horse breeds. Whereas most equine selection signature studies employ divergent genetic …