This review compiles the results of 21 genomic studies of European Bos taurus breeds and
thus provides a general picture of the selection signatures in taurine cattle identified by …

Since domestication, significant genetic improvement has been achieved for many traits of
commercial importance in cattle, including adaptation, appearance and production. In …

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

The Eneolithic Botai culture of the Central Asian steppes provides the earliest
archaeological evidence for horse husbandry,~ 5500 years ago, but the exact nature of early …

Background Levels of inbreeding in cattle populations have increased in the past due to the
use of a limited number of bulls for artificial insemination. High levels of inbreeding lead to …

Background Artificial selection for economically important traits in cattle is expected to have
left distinctive selection signatures on the genome. Access to high-density genotypes …

Following domestication, sheep (Ovis aries) have become essential farmed animals across
the world through adaptation to a diverse range of environments and varied production …

Human driven selection during domestication and subsequent breed formation and
breeding has left detectable signatures within the genome of livestock breeds. The …

Background Thousands of years of natural and artificial selection have resulted in
indigenous cattle breeds that are well-adapted to the environmental challenges of their local …

Domestication fundamentally reshaped animal morphology, physiology and behaviour,
offering the opportunity to investigate the molecular processes driving evolutionary change …