Selection signatures in livestock genome: A review of concepts, approaches and applications

KA Saravanan, M Panigrahi, H Kumar, B Bhushan… - Livestock Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Livestock populations have been consistently improving in terms of performance and
productivity by selective breeding over the centuries. These selection strategies are …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic inbreeding coefficients using imputed genotypes: Assessing different estimators in Holstein-Friesian dairy cows

C Dadousis, M Ablondi, C Cipolat-Gotet… - Journal of dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to estimate inbreeding coefficients in Holstein dairy cattle
using imputed SNPs data. A data set of 95,540 Italian Holstein dairy cows from the routine …

Runs of homozygosity in modern chicken revealed by sequence data

R Talebi, T Szmatoła, G Mészáros… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are chromosomal stretches that in a diploid genome appear in
a homozygous state and display identical alleles at multiple contiguous loci. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of intrachromosomal inbreeding depression on female fertility using runs of homozygosity in Finnish Ayrshire cattle

K Martikainen, A Sironen, P Uimari - Journal of dairy science, 2018 - Elsevier
Inbreeding increases homozygosity, which in turn increases the frequency of harmful
recessive alleles, resulting in inbreeding depression. Inbreeding depression on fertility …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic and pedigree estimation of inbreeding depression for semen traits in the Basco-Béarnaise dairy sheep breed

S Antonios, ST Rodríguez-Ramilo, I Aguilar… - Journal of Dairy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inbreeding depression is associated with a decrease in performance and fitness of the
animals. The goal of this study was to evaluate pedigree-based and genomic methods to …

[HTML][HTML] Inbreeding, effective population size, and coancestry in the Latxa dairy sheep breed

I Granado-Tajada, ST Rodríguez-Ramilo… - Journal of dairy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditionally, breeding programs have estimated and managed inbreeding based on
pedigree information. The availability of genomic marker panels has made possible new …

Genetic diversity, population structure and runs of homozygosity in Ethiopian short fat-tailed and Awassi sheep breeds using genome-wide 50k SNP markers

T Getachew, A Haile, G Mészáros, B Rischkowsky… - Livestock Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Improved Awassi sheep from Israel has been used for the improvement of the
productivity of Ethiopian short-fat tailed Menz and Wollo sheep breeds through …

Genome-wide runs of homozygosity signatures in diverse Indian goat breeds

D Kar, I Ganguly, S Singh, AK Bhatia, SP Dixit - 3 Biotech, 2024 - Springer
The present study analyzed ROH and consensus ROH regions in 102 animals of eleven
diverse Indian goat (Capra hircus) breeds using whole genome sequencing. A total of …

High-density Genotyping reveals Genomic Characterization, Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Indian Mithun (Bos frontalis)

A Mukherjee, S Mukherjee, R Dhakal, M Mech… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
The current study aimed at genomic characterization and improved understanding of genetic
diversity of two Indian mithun populations (both farm, 48 animals and field, 24 animals) …

Characterization of runs of Homozygosity revealed genomic inbreeding and patterns of selection in indigenous sahiwal cattle

SK Illa, S Mumtaz, S Nath, S Mukherjee… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are contiguous genomic regions, homozygous across all sites
which arise in an individual due to the parents transmitting identical haplotypes to their …