Insights into genetic diversity, runs of homozygosity and heterozygosity-rich regions in Maremmana semi-feral cattle using pedigree and genomic data

F Biscarini, S Mastrangelo, G Catillo, G Senczuk… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study, we estimated genetic diversity in semi-feral Maremmana
cattle using both pedigree-and genomic-based approaches, and detected regions of …

Runs of homozygosity analysis of South African sheep breeds from various production systems investigated using OvineSNP50k data

EF Dzomba, M Chimonyo, R Pierneef, FC Muchadeyi - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Population history, production system and within-breed selection pressure
impacts the genome architecture resulting in reduced genetic diversity and increased …

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 …

Genome-wide detection of runs of homozygosity in Laiwu pigs revealed by sequencing data

Y Fang, X Hao, Z Xu, H Sun, Q Zhao, R Cao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Genomic inbreeding and runs of homozygosity analysis of indigenous cattle populations in southern China

Y Liu, G Zhao, X Lin, J Zhang, G Hou, L Zhang, D Liu… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are continuous homozygous segments from the common
ancestor of parents. Evaluating ROH pattern can help to understand inbreeding level and …

Genome-wide assessment of runs of homozygosity in Chinese wagyu beef cattle

G Zhao, T Zhang, Y Liu, Z Wang, L Xu, B Zhu, X Gao… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are continuous homozygous regions that
generally exist in the DNA sequence of diploid organisms. Identifications of ROH leading to …

Suitability of pedigree information and genomic methods for analyzing inbreeding of Polish cold-blooded horses covered by conservation programs

G Polak, A Gurgul, I Jasielczuk, T Szmatoła, J Krupiński… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Traditionally, pedigree-based relationship coefficients were used to manage inbreeding and
control inbreeding depression that occurs within populations. The extensive incorporation of …

Genome‐wide assessment of diversity and differentiation between original and modern Brown cattle populations

A Moscarelli, MT Sardina, M Cassandro… - Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying genomic regions involved in the differences between breeds can provide
information on genes that are under the influence of both artificial and natural selection. The …

Diversity analysis, runs of homozygosity and genomic inbreeding reveal recent selection in Blanco Orejinegro cattle

S Caivio‐Nasner, A López‐Herrera… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Blanco Orejinegro (BON) cattle have 500 years of adaptation to the Colombian tropic, but
little is known about their genetic history. Our aim was to estimate levels of linkage …

Genome-wide patterns of homozygosity reveal the conservation status in five italian goat populations

S Mastrangelo, R Di Gerlando, MT Sardina, AM Sutera… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the local populations, the increase in inbreeding is a relevant problem
for the reduction in production, reproduction, and adaptive traits. The application of genomic …