Simple Summary The discovery of the genome has been one of the greatest advances in the
development of tools for the genetic improvement of cattle in the last decades. The use of …

Since domestication, significant genetic improvement has been achieved for many traits of
commercial importance in cattle, including adaptation, appearance and production. In …

In population genomics studies, accounting for the neutral covariance structure across
population allele frequencies is critical to improve the robustness of genome-wide scan …

Goats and sheep are versatile domesticates that have been integrated into diverse
environments and production systems. Natural and artificial selection have shaped the …

Background Since goat was domesticated 10,000 years ago, many factors have contributed
to the differentiation of goat breeds and these are classified mainly into two types:(i) …

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 …

Many genome variants shaping mammalian phenotype are hypothesized to regulate gene
transcription and/or to be under selection. However, most of the evidence to support this …

Comparative population genomics analysis is an effective approach to identify selection
signatures in farm animals. In this study, we systematically investigated the selection …

Balancing selection occurs when multiple alleles are maintained in a population, which can
result in their preservation over long evolutionary time periods. A characteristic signature of …

The goat (Capra hircus) is one of the first farm animals that have undergone domestication
and extensive natural and artificial selection by adapting to various environments, which in …