Technologies leveraging big data, including predictive algorithms and machine learning, are
playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of healthcare. However, evidence …

Mastitis, the most frequent disease in dairy cattle. Resistance to mastitis is a complex,
polygenic trait controlled by several genes, each with small effects. Genome-wide …

Background Bayesian genomic prediction methods were developed to simultaneously fit all
genotyped markers to a set of available phenotypes for prediction of breeding values for …

Divergently selected chicken breeds are of great interest not only from an economic point of
view, but also in terms of sustaining diversity of the global poultry gene pool. In this regard, it …

Over the past decade, the use of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in plant
breeding for discovery and validation of quantitative trait loci (QTL) has vastly increased …

Yield is one of the most important traits of arabica coffee. Plant breeders seek to maximize
yield directly or indirectly, using other related traits. The standard multi-trait genome-wide …

Mastitis is one of the most prevalent and costly diseases in dairy cattle. It results in changes
in milk composition and quality which are indicators of udder inflammation in absence of …

The worldwide chicken gene pool encompasses a remarkable, but shrinking, number of
divergently selected breeds of diverse origin. This study was a large-scale genome-wide …

A large number of studies have highlighted the importance of gut microbiome composition in
shaping fat deposition in mammals. Several studies have also highlighted how host genome …

Background Plant breeders seek to develop cultivars with maximal agronomic value, which
is often assessed using numerous, often genetically correlated traits. As intervention on one …