This review presents a broader approach to the implementation and study of runs of
homozygosity (ROH) in animal populations, focusing on identifying and characterizing ROH …

Inbreeding depression (reduced fitness of individuals with related parents) has long been a
major focus of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. Despite decades of research …

Background PLINK is probably the most used program for analyzing SNP genotypes and
runs of homozygosity (ROH), both in human and in animal populations. The last decade …

Background While autozygosity as a consequence of selection is well understood, there is
limited information on the ability of different methods to measure true inbreeding. In the …

Livestock populations have been consistently improving in terms of performance and
productivity by selective breeding over the centuries. These selection strategies are …

Background Runs of homozygosity (ROH) have become the state-of-the-art method for
analysis of inbreeding in animal populations. Moreover, ROH are suited to detect signatures …

Recombination is a central biological process with implications for many areas in the life
sciences. Yet we are only beginning to appreciate variation in the recombination rate along …

Small populations are often exposed to high inbreeding and mutational load that can
increase the risk of extinction. The Sumatran rhinoceros was widespread in Southeast Asia …

The world's oceans are currently facing major stressors in the form of overexploitation and
anthropogenic climate change. The Baltic Sea was home to the first “industrial” fishery∼ 800 …

Inbreeding depression is ubiquitous, but we still know little about its genetic architecture and
precise effects in wild populations. Here, we combine long-term life-history data with 417 K …