The genetic structure of sheep reflects their domestication and subsequent formation into
discrete breeds. Understanding genetic structure is essential for achieving genetic …

We investigated genetic and morphological diversity and population structure of 14
traditional sheep populations originating from four ecological zones in Ethiopia (sub‐alpine …

The population structure and genetic diversity of 57 European and Middle Eastern marginal
and cosmopolitan sheep breeds from 15 countries were analysed by typing 31 microsatellite …

The conservation of farm animal resources is important for coping with future breeding
needs and for facilitating the sustainable use of marginal areas. The increasing availability …

Recently different studies have formalized the way in which it is possible to obtain
coancestry coefficients from molecular information (Caballero and Toro 2002; Eding and …

Population contribution to genetic diversity can be estimated using neutral variation.
However, population expansion or hybridization of diverged ancestries may weaken …

Background One of the most economically important areas within the Welsh agricultural
sector is sheep farming, contributing around£ 230 million to the UK economy annually …

Several different phenotypes of the native Pramenka sheep have been developed in the
Balkan region for different environmental and socio‐cultural conditions. Animals from seven …

Background Much of the data resolution of the haploid non-recombining Y chromosome
(NRY) haplogroup O in East Asia are still rudimentary and could be an explanatory factor for …

The genetic diversity within and between five genetic groups of pigs in Brazil,(n= 182)
represented by three naturalized breeds (Moura, Piau and Monteiro), one commercial breed …