Uncertainty in the mating strategy of honeybees causes bias and unreliability in the estimates of genetic parameters
Breeding queens may be mated with drones that are produced by a single drone-producing queen (DPQ), or a group of sister-DPQs, but often only the dam of the DPQ(s) is reported in the pedigree. Furthermore, dat... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - April 17, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Tristan Kistler, Evert W. Brascamp, Benjamin Basso, Piter Bijma and Florence Phocas Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Estimating genetic parameters of digital behavior traits and their relationship with production traits in purebred pigs
With the introduction of digital phenotyping and high-throughput data, traits that were previously difficult or impossible to measure directly have become easily accessible, offering the opportunity to enhance... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - April 16, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Mary Kate Hollifield, Ching-Yi Chen, Eric Psota, Justin Holl, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Constructing eRNA-mediated gene regulatory networks to explore the genetic basis of muscle and fat-relevant traits in pigs
Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) play a crucial role in transcriptional regulation. While significant progress has been made in understanding epigenetic regulation mediated by eRNAs, research on the construction of eRNA-... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - April 9, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Chao Wang, Choulin Chen, Bowen Lei, Shenghua Qin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Kui Li, Song Zhang and Yuwen Liu Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Mendelian randomization analysis of 34,497 German Holstein cows to infer causal associations between milk production and health traits
Claw diseases and mastitis represent the most important health issues in dairy cattle with a frequently mentioned connection to milk production. Although many studies have aimed at investigating this connectio... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - April 8, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Helen Schneider, Valentin Haas, Ana-Marija Krizanac, Clemens Falker-Gieske, Johannes Heise, Jens Tetens, Georg Thaller and J örn Bennewitz Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Genetic introgression from commercial European pigs to the indigenous Chinese Lijiang breed and associated changes in phenotypes
Gene flow is crucial for enhancing economic traits of livestock. In China, breeders have used hybridization strategies for decades to improve livestock performance. Here, we performed whole-genome sequencing o... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - April 2, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Ruifei Yang, Siqi Jin, Suyun Fang, Dawei Yan, Hao Zhang, Jingru Nie, Jinqiao Liu, Minjuan Lv, Bo Zhang and Xinxing Dong Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Microbiome composition as a potential predictor of longevity in rabbits
Longevity and resilience are two fundamental traits for more sustainable livestock production. These traits are closely related, as resilient animals tend to have longer lifespans. An interesting criterion for... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - April 2, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Iliyass Biada, Noelia Ib áñez-Escriche, Agustín Blasco, Cristina Casto-Rebollo and Maria A. Santacreu Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Whole-genome resequencing of Chinese indigenous sheep provides insight into the genetic basis underlying climate adaptation
Chinese indigenous sheep are valuable resources with unique features and characteristics. They are distributed across regions with different climates in mainland China; however, few reports have analyzed the e... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - April 2, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Meilin Jin, Huihua Wang, Gang Liu, Jian Lu, Zehu Yuan, Taotao Li, Engming Liu, Zengkui Lu, Lixin Du and Caihong Wei Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Effect of temperature-humidity index on the evolution of trade-offs between fertility and production in dairy cattle
In the current context of climate change, livestock production faces many challenges to improve the sustainability of systems. Dairy farming, in particular, must find ways to select animals that will be able t... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - March 29, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Aur élie Vinet, Sophie Mattalia, Roxane Vallée, Christine Bertrand, Anne Barbat, Julie Promp, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano and Didier Boichard Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
A common regulatory haplotype doubles lactoferrin concentration in milk
Bovine lactoferrin (Lf) is an iron absorbing whey protein with antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activity. Lactoferrin is economically valuable and has an extremely variable concentration in milk, partl... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - March 28, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Thomas J. Lopdell, Alexander J. Trevarton, Janelle Moody, Claire Prowse-Wilkins, Sarah Knowles, Kathryn Tiplady, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Michael E. Goddard, Richard J. Spelman, Klaus Lehnert, Russell G. Snell, Stephen R. Davis and Mathew D. Littlejohn Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Estimation of genetic parameters for the implementation of selective breeding in commercial insect production
There is a burgeoning interest in using insects as a sustainable source of food and feed, particularly by capitalising on various waste materials and by-products that are typically considered of low value. Enh... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - March 25, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Laura Skrubbeltrang Hansen, Stine Frey Laursen, Simon Bahrndorff, Morten Kargo, Jesper Givskov S ørensen, Goutam Sahana, Hanne Marie Nielsen and Torsten Nygaard Kristensen Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
The genetics of resilience and its relationships with egg production traits and antibody traits in chickens
Resilience is the capacity of an animal to be minimally affected by disturbances or to rapidly return to its initial state before exposure to a disturbance. Resilient livestock are desired because of their imp... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - March 19, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Tom V. L. Berghof, Nicolas Bedere, Katrijn Peeters, Marieke Poppe, Jeroen Visscher and Han A. Mulder Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Including microbiome information in a multi-trait genomic evaluation: a case study on longitudinal growth performance in beef cattle
Growth rate is an important component of feed conversion efficiency in cattle and varies across the different stages of the finishing period. The metabolic effect of the rumen microbiome is essential for cattl... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - March 15, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Marina Mart ínez-Álvaro, Jennifer Mattock, Óscar González-Recio, Alejandro Saborío-Montero, Ziqing Weng, Joana Lima, Carol-Anne Duthie, Richard Dewhurst, Matthew A. Cleveland, Mick Watson and Rainer Roehe Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Confidence intervals for validation statistics with data truncation in genomic prediction
Validation by data truncation is a common practice in genetic evaluations because of the interest in predicting the genetic merit of a set of young selection candidates. Two of the most used validation methods... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - March 8, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Matias Bermann, Andres Legarra, Alejandra Alvarez Munera, Ignacy Misztal and Daniela Lourenco Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
GWABLUP: genome-wide association assisted best linear unbiased prediction of genetic values
Since the very beginning of genomic selection, researchers investigated methods that improved upon SNP-BLUP (single nucleotide polymorphism best linear unbiased prediction). SNP-BLUP gives equal weight to all ... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - March 1, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Theo Meuwissen, Leiv Sigbjorn Eikje and Arne B. Gjuvsland Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Expected values for the accuracy of predicted breeding values accounting for genetic differences between reference and target populations
Genetic merit, or breeding values as referred to in livestock and crop breeding programs, is one of the keys to the successful selection of animals in commercial farming systems. The developments in statistica... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - February 29, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano, Didier Boichard and Cedric Gondro Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
