Objective This study aimed to investigate the significant single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) and genes associated with nine reproduction and morphological traits in three breed …

Simple Summary Inner Mongolian cashmere goats (IMCGs) are an excellent local breed that
formed due to natural selection and artificial breeding over a long time, and they are a world …

Supernumerary teats (SNTs) or nipples often emerge around the mammary line. This study
performed a genome-wide selective sweep analysis (GWS) at the copy number variant …

Reproductive traits are the basic economic traits of goats and important indicators in goat
breeding. In this study, Dazu black goats (DBGs; n= 150), an important Chinese local goat …

Goats play a crucial role in providing humans with various types of valuable products
including milk and meat. The underlying genetic mechanisms of important morphological …

Abstract Fibroblast growth factor 7 (FGF7) is involved in lipid metabolism, which is
considered as a candidate gene with close relation with muscle development by eGWAs …

This review examines genetic markers associated with liter size in goats, a key reproductive
trait impacting productivity in small ruminant farming. Goats play a vital socioeconomic role …

Body weight, morphometric measurements and number of teats of Boer goat does, reared in
Bulgaria Page 1 331 Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 28 (No 2) 2022, 331–342 Body …

The nursing ability of productive ewes has been a subject of extensive research. From
today's perspective, the survivability of multiple lambs of highly productive ewes in birth time …