Conventional animal selection and breeding methods were based on the phenotypic
performance of the animals. These methods have limitations, particularly for sex-limited traits …

Simple Summary Milk and other dairy products are commonly consumed in many parts of
the world. Dairy cattle, having millions of milk trait records, make excellent model species for …

Breeding more resilient animals will benefit the dairy cattle industry in the long term,
especially as global climate changes become more severe. Previous studies have reported …

Longitudinal traits, such as milk production traits in dairy cattle, are featured by having
phenotypic values at multiple time points, which change dynamically over time. In this study …

Increasing the productivity of Canadian dairy goats is critical to the competitiveness of the
sector; however, little is known about the underlying genetic architecture of economically …

Structural variants play an important role in evolutionary processes. Besides, they constitute
a large source of inter individual genetic variation that might represent a major factor in the …

Total number born (TNB), number of stillborn (NSB), and gestation length (GL) are
economically important traits in pig production, and disentangling the molecular …

This study sheds light on the genetic complexity and interplay of production, body size, and
metabolic health in dairy cattle. Phenotypes for body size-related traits from conformation …

The Tigray region, where we found around eight per cent of the indigenous cattle population
of Ethiopia, is considered as the historic centre of the country, with the ancient pre-Aksumite …

Body conformation traits are directly associated with longevity, fertility, health, and
workability in dairy cows and have been under direct genetic selection for many decades in …