Applications of livestock monitoring devices and machine learning algorithms in animal production and reproduction: an overview

PF Curti, A Selli, DL Pinto, A Merlos-Ruiz… - Animal …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Some sectors of animal production and reproduction have shown great technological
advances due to the development of research areas such as Precision Livestock Farming …

Characterization of heterozygosity-rich regions in Italian and worldwide goat breeds

G Chessari, A Criscione, D Marletta, P Crepaldi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Heterozygosity-rich regions (HRR) are genomic regions of high heterozygosity, which may
harbor loci related to key functional traits such as immune response, survival rate, fertility …

Approaching autozygosity in a small pedigree of Gochu Asturcelta pigs

KD Arias, JP Gutiérrez, I Fernández, I Álvarez… - Genetics Selection …, 2023 - Springer
Background In spite of the availability of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array data,
differentiation between observed homozygosity and that caused by mating between …

Genome‐wide population structure, homozygosity, and heterozygosity patterns of Nero Siciliano pig in the framework of Italian and cosmopolitan breeds

S Bordonaro, G Chessari, S Mastrangelo… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of genomic data is becoming more and more common for the effective
management of livestock breeding programmes, even in the case of local populations. In …

Genomic population structure and inbreeding history of Lake Superior caribou

K Solmundson, J Bowman, M Manseau… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) have experienced dramatic declines in both range and
population size across Canada over the past century. Boreal caribou (R. t. caribou), 1 of the …

High-density SNP markers elucidate the genetic divergence and population structure of Noticiana sheep breed in the Mediterranean context

G Chessari, A Criscione, M Tolone… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Among livestock species, sheep have played an early major role in the Mediterranean area.
Italy has a long history of sheep breeding and, despite a dramatic contraction in numbers …

The SNP-based profiling of montecristo feral goat populations reveals a history of isolation, bottlenecks, and the effects of management

E Somenzi, G Senczuk, R Ciampolini, M Cortellari… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Montecristo wild goat is an endangered feral population that has been on the
homonymous island in the Tuscan Archipelago since ancient times. The origins of …

Distribution of Runs of Homozygosity and Their Relationship with Candidate Genes for Productivity in Kazakh Meat–Wool Sheep Breed

M Amandykova, Z Akhatayeva, A Kozhakhmet… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing the fertility of sheep remains one of the crucial issues of modern sheep breeding.
The Kazakh meat–wool sheep is an excellent breed with high meat and wool productivity …

Detection and evaluation of parameters influencing the identification of heterozygous-enriched regions in Holstein cattle based on SNP chip or whole-genome …

HA Mulim, VB Pedrosa, LFB Pinto, F Tiezzi, C Maltecca… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background A heterozygous-enriched region (HER) is a genomic region with high variability
generated by factors such as balancing selection, introgression, and admixture processes …

Genetic legacy and adaptive signatures: investigating the history, diversity, and selection signatures in Rendena cattle resilient to eighteenth century rinderpest …

E Somenzi, E Partel, M Barbato… - Genetics Selection …, 2024 - Springer
Background Rendena is a dual-purpose cattle breed, which is primarily found in the Italian
Alps and the eastern areas of the Po valley, and recognized for its longevity, fertility, disease …