An interpretive review of selective sweep studies in Bos taurus cattle populations: identification of unique and shared selection signals across breeds

B Gutiérrez-Gil, JJ Arranz, P Wiener - Frontiers in genetics, 2015 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Association of DGAT1 with cattle, buffalo, goat, and sheep milk and meat production traits

MZ Khan, Y Ma, J Ma, J Xiao, Y Liu, S Liu… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Milk fatty acids are essential for many dairy product productions, while intramuscular fat
(IMF) is associated with the quality of meat. The triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the major …

Meta-analysis of six dairy cattle breeds reveals biologically relevant candidate genes for mastitis resistance

Z Cai, T Iso-Touru, MP Sanchez, N Kadri… - Genetics Selection …, 2024 - Springer
Background Mastitis is a disease that incurs significant costs in the dairy industry. A
promising approach to mitigate its negative effects is to genetically improve the resistance of …

Selection signatures in two oldest Russian native cattle breeds revealed using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism analysis

NA Zinovieva, AV Dotsev, AA Sermyagin… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Native cattle breeds can carry specific signatures of selection reflecting their adaptation to
the local environmental conditions and response to the breeding strategy used. In this study …

Genomic regions and candidate genes associated with milk production traits in Holstein and its crossbred cattle: A review

R Bekele, M Taye, G Abebe… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) are a powerful tool for identifying genomic
regions and causative genes associated with economically important traits in dairy cattle …

[HTML][HTML] Derivation and genome-wide association study of a principal component-based measure of heat tolerance in dairy cattle

NPP Macciotta, S Biffani, U Bernabucci… - Journal of Dairy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Heat stress represents a key factor that negatively affects the productive and reproductive
performance of farm animals. In the present work, a new measure of tolerance to heat stress …

[HTML][HTML] Underlying genetic architecture of resistance to mastitis in dairy cattle: A systematic review and gene prioritization analysis of genome-wide association …

SG Narayana, E de Jong, FS Schenkel… - Journal of Dairy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mastitis, the most frequent disease in dairy cattle. Resistance to mastitis is a complex,
polygenic trait controlled by several genes, each with small effects. Genome-wide …

[HTML][HTML] Association of candidate gene polymorphisms with milk technological traits, yield, composition, and somatic cell score in Italian Holstein-Friesian sires

E Viale, F Tiezzi, F Maretto, M De Marchi… - Journal of dairy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Advances in DNA-based marker technology have enabled the identification of genomic
regions underlying complex phenotypic traits in livestock species. The incorporation of …

Weighted single-step genome-wide association study uncovers known and novel candidate genomic regions for milk production traits and somatic cell score in Valle …

H Mohammadi, AHK Farahani, MH Moradi… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Milk production is the most economically crucial dairy sheep trait and
constitutes the major genetic enhancement purpose via selective breeding. Also, mastitis is …

Genetic polymorphisms of TRAPPC9 and CD4 genes and their association with milk production and mastitis resistance phenotypic traits in Chinese Holstein

MZ Khan, G Dari, A Khan, Y Yu - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The present study was designed to evaluate the association of polymorphisms in bovine
trafficking protein particle complex subunit 9 (TRAPPC9) and cluster of differentiation 4 …