Phenotype transition from wild mouflon to domestic sheep
The domestication of animals started around 12,000 years ago in the Near East region. This “endless process” is characterized by the gradual accumulation of changes that progressively marked the genetic, pheno... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - January 2, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Paolo Mereu, Monica Pirastru, Daria Sanna, Giovanni Bassu, Salvatore Naitana and Giovanni Giuseppe Leoni Tags: Review Source Type: research
Longitudinal genomic analyses of automatically-recorded vaginal temperature in lactating sows under heat stress conditions based on random regression models
Automatic and continuous recording of vaginal temperature (TV) using wearable sensors causes minimal disruptions to animal behavior and can generate data that enable the evaluation of temporal body temperature va... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 21, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Hui Wen, Jay S. Johnson, Pedro H. F. Freitas, Jacob M. Maskal, Leonardo S. Gloria, Andre C. Araujo, Victor B. Pedrosa, Francesco Tiezzi, Christian Maltecca, Yijian Huang, Allan P. Schinckel and Luiz F. Brito Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Natural clines and human management impact the genetic structure of Algerian honey bee populations
The Algerian honey bee population is composed of two described subspecies A. m. intermissa and A. m. sahariensis, of which little is known regarding population genomics, both in terms of genetic differentiation a... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 19, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Giovanna Salvatore, Amira Chibani Bahi Amar, Kamila Canale-Tabet, Riad Fridi, Nacera Tabet Aoul, Soumia Saci, Emmanuelle Labarthe, Valentino Palombo, Mariasilvia D ’Andrea, Alain Vignal and Pierre Faux Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Mapping restricted introgression across the genomes of admixed indigenous African cattle breeds
The genomes of indigenous African cattle are composed of components with Middle Eastern (taurine) and South Asian (indicine) origins, providing a valuable model to study hybridization and to identify genetic b... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 14, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Juliane Friedrich, Richard I. Bailey, Andrea Talenti, Umer Chaudhry, Qasim Ali, Emmanuel F. Obishakin, Chukwunonso Ezeasor, Jessica Powell, Olivier Hanotte, Abdulfatai Tijjani, Karen Marshall, James Prendergast and Pamela Wiener Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Managing genomic diversity in conservation programs of Chinese domestic chickens
Effective conservation and utilization of farm animals are fundamental for realizing sustainable increases in food production. In situ and ex situ conservation are the two main strategies that are currently us... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 14, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Mengmeng Zhang, Shiwei Wang, Ran Xu, Yijun Liu, Han Zhang, Mengxia Sun, Junyan Wang, Zhexi Liu and Keliang Wu Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Genotype-by-environment interactions for feed efficiency traits in Nellore cattle based on bi-trait reaction norm models
Selecting animals for feed efficiency directly impacts the profitability of the beef cattle industry, which contributes to minimizing the environmental footprint of beef production. Genetic and environmental f... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 14, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jo ão B. Silva Neto, Lucio F. M. Mota, Sabrina T. Amorim, Elisa Peripolli, Luiz F. Brito, Claudio U. Magnabosco and Fernando Baldi Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Genetic analysis of the blood transcriptome of young healthy pigs to improve disease resilience
Disease resilience is the ability of an animal to maintain productive performance under disease conditions and is an important selection target. In pig breeding programs, disease resilience must be evaluated o... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 12, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Kyu-Sang Lim, Jian Cheng, Christopher Tuggle, Michael Dyck, PigGen Canada, Frederic Fortin, John Harding, Graham Plastow and Jack Dekkers Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
The genetics of gaits in Icelandic horses goes beyond DMRT3, with RELN and STAU2 identified as two new candidate genes
In domesticated animals, many important traits are complex and regulated by a large number of genes, genetic interactions, and environmental influences. The ability of Icelandic horses to perform the gait ‘pac... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 11, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Hei ðrún Sigurðardóttir, Henrik Boije, Elsa Albertsdóttir, Thorvaldur Kristjansson, Marie Rhodin, Gabriella Lindgren and Susanne Eriksson Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Genetic parameters, reciprocal cross differences, and age-related heterosis of egg-laying performance in chickens
Egg-laying performance is economically important in poultry breeding programs. Crossbreeding between indigenous and elite commercial lines to exploit heterosis has been an upward trend in traditional layer bre... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 7, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Aixin Ni, Mario P. L. Calus, Henk Bovenhuis, Jingwei Yuan, Yuanmei Wang, Yanyan Sun and Jilan Chen Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
A meta-analysis of genetic and phenotypic diversity of European local pig breeds reveals genomic regions associated with breed differentiation for production traits
Intense selection of modern pig breeds has resulted in genetic improvement of production traits while the performance of local pig breeds has remained lower. As local pig breeds have been bred in extensive sys... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 7, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Klavdija Poklukar, Camille Mestre, Martin Škrlep, Marjeta Čandek-Potokar, Cristina Ovilo, Luca Fontanesi, Juliette Riquet, Samuele Bovo, Giuseppina Schiavo, Anisa Ribani, Maria Muñoz, Maurizio Gallo, Ricardo Bozzi, Rui Charneca, Raquel Quintanilla, Gor Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Impact of population structure in the estimation of recent historical effective population size by the software GONE
Effective population size (Ne) is a crucial parameter in conservation genetics and animal breeding. A recent method, implemented by the software GONE, has been shown to be rather accurate in estimating recent his... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - December 4, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Irene Novo, Pilar Ord ás, Natalia Moraga, Enrique Santiago, Humberto Quesada and Armando Caballero Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Genetic correlations of direct and indirect genetic components of social dominance with fitness and morphology traits in cattle
Within the same species, individuals show marked variation in their social dominance. Studies on a handful of populations have indicated heritable genetic variation for this trait, which is determined by both ... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - November 30, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Beniamino Tuliozi, Roberto Mantovani, Ivana Schoepf, Shogo Tsuruta, Enrico Mancin and Cristina Sartori Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Micro-genetic environmental sensitivity across macro-environments of chickens reared in Burkina Faso and France
Commercial poultry production systems follow a pyramidal structure with a nucleus of purebred animals under controlled conditions at the top and crossbred animals under commercial production conditions at the ... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - November 30, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Mette Dam Madsen, Naomi Duijvesteijn, Julius van der Werf and Sam Clark Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Sequenced-based GWAS for linear classification traits in Belgian Blue beef cattle reveals new coding variants in genes regulating body size in mammals
Cohorts of individuals that have been genotyped and phenotyped for genomic selection programs offer the opportunity to better understand genetic variation associated with complex traits. Here, we performed an ... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - November 28, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jos é Luis Gualdrón Duarte, Can Yuan, Ann-Stephan Gori, Gabriel C. M. Moreira, Haruko Takeda, Wouter Coppieters, Carole Charlier, Michel Georges and Tom Druet Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Heterogeneity in convergence behaviour of the single-step SNP-BLUP model across different effects and animal groups
The single-step model is becoming increasingly popular for national genetic evaluations of dairy cattle due to the benefits that it offers such as joint breeding value estimation for genotyped and ungenotyped ... (Source: Genetics Selection Evolution)
Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - November 23, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Dawid S łomian, Kacper Żukowski and Joanna Szyda Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
