Domestic animals are invaluable resources for study of the molecular architecture of
complex traits. Although the mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) responsible for …

The identification of regions that have undergone selection is one of the principal goals of
theoretical and applied evolutionary genetics. Such studies can also provide information …

Non-additive genetic variation is usually ignored when genome-wide markers are used to
study the genetic architecture and genomic prediction of complex traits in human, wild life …

Utilizing the whole genomic variation of complex traits to predict the yet-to-be observed
phenotypes or unobserved genetic values via whole genome prediction (WGP) and to infer …

Background Growth and meat production traits are significant economic traits in sheep. The
aim of the study is to identify candidate genes affecting growth and meat production traits at …

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 …

Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are a powerful tool for detecting
genomic regions explaining variation in phenotype. The objectives of the present study were …

Background Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are continuous homozygous segments of the
DNA sequence. They have been applied to quantify individual autozygosity and used as a …

Body composition and meat quality traits are important economic traits of chickens. The
development of high-throughput genotyping platforms and relevant statistical methods have …

Background Contemporary dairy breeding goals have broadened to include, along with milk
production traits, a number of non-production-related traits in an effort to improve the overall …