The world demand for animal-based food products is anticipated to increase by 70% by
2050. Meeting this demand in a way that has a minimal impact on the environment will …

We will soon have complete genome sequences from thousands of species, as well as from
many individuals within species. This coming explosion of information will transform our …

Genome-wide panels of SNPs have recently been used in domestic animal species to map
and identify genes for many traits and to select genetically desirable livestock. This has led …

Inbreeding depression (reduced fitness of individuals with related parents) has long been a
major focus of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. Despite decades of research …

As the global population and global wealth both continue to increase, so will the demand for
livestock products, especially those that are highly nutritious. However, competition with …

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as an intracellular Ca2+ store not only sets up cytosolic
Ca2+ signals, but, among other functions, also assembles and folds newly synthesized …

Ca2+-ATPases (pumps) are key actors in the regulation of Ca2+ in eukaryotic cells and are
thus essential to the correct functioning of the cell machinery. They have high affinity for …

Technological innovations such as next generation sequencing and DNA hybridisation
enrichment have resulted in multi‐fold increases in both the quantity of ancient DNA …

Five new recessive defects were discovered in Holsteins, Jerseys, and Brown Swiss by
examining haplotypes that had a high population frequency but were never homozygous …

Inbreeding, by virtue of its consequence on traits of interest, is a topic of major interest for
geneticists and animal breeders. Based on meta‐analysis conducted on 57 studies and …