Hybridisation and gene introgression are important sources of diversification, the relevance
of which in the evolutionary processes is well recognised. Their fitness consequences in …

Simple Summary The number of local farm animal breeds is declining worldwide. However,
these breeds have different degrees of genetic diversity. Measuring genetic diversity is …

Abstract Background In the Neolithic, domestic sheep migrated into Europe and
subsequently spread in westerly and northwesterly directions. Reconstruction of these …

Background Russia has a diverse variety of native and locally developed sheep breeds with
coarse, fine, and semi-fine wool, which inhabit different climate zones and landscapes that …

The availability of dense single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) assays allows for the
determination of autozygous segments based on runs of consecutive homozygous …

Mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) became extinct from mainland Europe after the Neolithic, but
remnant populations from the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia have been …

The domestic water buffalo is native to the Asian continent but through historical migrations
and recent importations, nowadays has a worldwide distribution. The two types of water …

Abstract Background Among the European countries, Italy counts the largest number of local
goat breeds. Thanks to the recent availability of a medium-density SNP (single nucleotide …

A dataset consisting of 787 animals with high‐density SNP chip genotypes (346 774 SNP s)
and 939 animals with medium‐density SNP chip genotypes (33 828 SNPs) from eight …

Background In the last 50 years, the diversity of cattle breeds has experienced a severe
contraction. However, in spite of the growing diffusion of cosmopolite specialized breeds …