Humans mostly obtain animal-based proteins through chicken meat and eggs since there
are no societal taboos. The modern chicken is most effective for producing affordable and …

Chickens display a wide spectrum of phenotypic variations in quantitative traits such as egg-
related traits. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis is a statistical method used to …

Background Various regions of the chicken genome have been under natural and artificial
selection for thousands of years. The substantial diversity that exits among chickens from …

Background Meat and egg-type chickens have been selected for several generations for
different traits. Artificial and natural selection for different phenotypes can change frequency …

Extreme environmental conditions are a major challenge in livestock production. Changes in
climate, particularly those that contribute to weather extremes like drought or excessive …

Four main evolutionary lineages of A. mellifera have been described including eastern
Europe (C) and western and northern Europe (M). Many apiculturists prefer bees from the C …

The goals of the current work were to analyse the population structure of 11 Spanish ovine
breeds and to detect genomic regions that may have been targeted by selection. A total of …

Background The understanding of the biological determinism of meat ultimate pH, which is
strongly related to muscle glycogen content, is a key point for the control of muscle integrity …

Background With the aim of identifying selection signals in three Merino sheep lines that are
highly specialized for fine wool production (Australian Industry Merino, Australian Merino …

Comprehensive information of a breeding population is a necessity to design promising
crosses. This study was conducted to characterize a soft red winter wheat breeding …