Background Over several decades, a wide range of natural and artificial selection events in
response to subtropical environments, intensive pasture and intensive feedlot systems have …

Background A decline in the level of genetic diversity in livestock can result in reduced
response to selection, greater incidence of genetic defects, and inbreeding depression. In …

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 …

Background The management of farm animal genetic resources and the adaptation of
animals to climate change will probably have major effects on the long-term sustainability of …

Simple Summary Heterozygosity-rich regions (HRRs) are regions of high heterozygosity,
which can harbor important genes associated with key functional traits such as immune …

Simple Summary The objective of this study was to evaluate the genetic background and
inbreeding depression in the Mexican Romosinuano cattle using pedigree and genomic …

Laiwu pigs, distinguished by their high intramuscular fat of 7–9%, is an indigenous pig breed
of China, and recent studies also found that Laiwu pigs showed high resistance to Porcine …

Background In spite of the availability of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array data,
differentiation between observed homozygosity and that caused by mating between …

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 …

Runs of heterozygosity (ROHet) and homozygosity (ROH) harbor useful information related
to traits of interest. There is a lack of investigating the effect of ROHet and ROH on …