Selective breeding has been practiced since domestication, but early breeders commonly
selected on appearance (eg, coat color) rather than performance traits (eg, milk yield). A …

Maize has for many decades been both one of the most important crops worldwide and one
of the primary genetic model organisms. More recently, maize breeding has been impacted …

Background Inbreeding decreases animal performance (inbreeding depression), but not all
inbreeding is expected to be equally harmful. Recent inbreeding is expected to be more …

Genetic diversity in livestock populations is a significant contributor to the sustainability of
animal production. Also, genetic diversity allows animal production to become more …

Genomic selection increases accuracy and decreases generation interval, accelerating
genetic changes in populations. Assumptions of genetic improvement must be addressed to …

Inbreeding depression has been widely documented for livestock and other animal and
plant populations. Inbreeding is generally expected to have a stronger unfavorable effect on …

Abstract Background In France, implementation of genomic evaluations in dairy cattle
breeds started in 2009 and this has modified the breeding schemes drastically. In this …

Background The availability of genome-wide marker data allows estimation of inbreeding
coefficients (F, the probability of identity-by-descent, IBD) and, in turn, estimation of the rate …

Genomic selection has been commonly used for selection for over a decade. In this time, the
rate of genetic gain has more than doubled in some countries, while inbreeding per year has …

Management of genetic diversity aims to (i) maintain heterozygosity, which ameliorates
inbreeding depression and loss of genetic variation at loci that may become of importance in …