Simple Summary Heat stress is an intriguing factor that negatively influences livestock
production and reproduction performance. Sheep and goat are among the livestock that can …

Background After domestication, the evolution of phenotypically-varied sheep breeds has
generated rich biodiversity. This wide phenotypic variation arises as a result of hidden …

Domestication and the subsequent selection of animals for either economic or
morphological features can leave a variety of imprints on the genome of a population …

Background The detection of signatures of selection has the potential to elucidate the
identities of genes and mutations associated with phenotypic traits important for livestock …

Domestication and selection are the major driving forces responsible for the determinative
genetic variability in livestock. These selection patterns create unique genetic signatures …

Climatic variables can trigger physiological, biochemical, haematological and hormonal
alterations that influence the maintenance of homeothermy and can affect production and …

Background Artificial selection for economically important traits in cattle is expected to have
left distinctive selection signatures on the genome. Access to high-density genotypes …

Following domestication, livestock breeds have experienced intense selection pressures for
the development of desirable traits. This has resulted in a large diversity of breeds that …

Abstract Background Traditionally, Chinese indigenous sheep were classified
geographically and morphologically into three groups: Mongolian, Kazakh and Tibetan …

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