The horse was domesticated only 5.5 KYA, thousands of years after dogs, cattle, pigs,
sheep, and goats. The horse nonetheless represents the domestic animal that most …

Intense selective pressures applied over short evolutionary time have resulted in
homogeneity within, but substantial variation among, horse breeds. Utilizing this population …

Horse body size varies greatly due to intense selection within each breed. American
Miniatures are less than one meter tall at the withers while Shires and Percherons can …

Horses are gaining importance in European nature conservation management, for which
usually so-called primitive breeds are favored due to their claimed robustness. An …

Background Modern horses represent heterogeneous populations specifically selected for
appearance and performance. Genomic regions under high selective pressure show …

Body size is an important characteristic for horses of various breeds and essential for the
classification of ponies concerning the limit value of 148 cm (58.27 inches) height at the …

A genome‐wide association scan for loci affecting withers height was conducted in 782 G
erman W armblood stallions, which were genotyped using the I llumina E quine SNP 50 B …

Information regarding morphology of indigenous sheep in South Africa is scant, and even
where data exist it is rarely presented using standardised methodologies. Principal …

Mature body size is genetically correlated with growth rate, an important economic trait in the
sheep industry. Mature body size has been studied extensively in humans as well as cattle …

Overlapping runs of homozygosity (ROH islands) shared by the majority of a population are
hypothesized to be the result of selection around a target locus. In this study we investigated …