Runs of homozygosity: current knowledge and applications in livestock

E Peripolli, DP Munari, M Silva, ALF Lima… - Animal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents a broader approach to the implementation and study of runs of
homozygosity (ROH) in animal populations, focusing on identifying and characterizing ROH …

Molecular tools and analytical approaches for the characterization of farm animal genetic diversity

JA Lenstra, LF Groeneveld, H Eding… - Animal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic studies of livestock populations focus on questions of domestication, within‐and
among‐breed diversity, breed history and adaptive variation. In this review, we describe the …

Inbreeding and runs of homozygosity: A possible solution to an old problem

I Curik, M Ferenčaković, J Sölkner - Livestock science, 2014 - Elsevier
Quantifying human, plant and livestock inbreeding has been an important goal of
evolutionary biologists and agricultural scientists for nearly a century, and methods to do so …

A publicly available repository of ROH islands reveals signatures of selection in different livestock and pet species

W Gorssen, R Meyermans, S Janssens… - Genetics Selection …, 2021 - Springer
Background Runs of homozygosity (ROH) have become the state-of-the-art method for
analysis of inbreeding in animal populations. Moreover, ROH are suited to detect signatures …

Estimates of autozygosity derived from runs of homozygosity: empirical evidence from selected cattle populations

M Ferenčaković, E Hamzić, B Gredler… - Journal of Animal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Using genome‐wide SNP data, we calculated genomic inbreeding coefficients (FROH> 1
Mb, FROH> 2 Mb, FROH> 8 Mb and FROH> 16 Mb) derived from runs of homozygosity …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide mapping and estimation of inbreeding depression of semen quality traits in a cattle population

M Ferenčaković, J Sölkner, M Kapš, I Curik - Journal of Dairy Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Inbreeding depression is known to affect quantitative traits such as male fertility and sperm
quality, but the genetic basis for these associations is poorly understood. Most studies have …

Genomic data of different resolutions reveal consistent inbreeding estimates but contrasting homozygosity landscapes for the threatened Aotearoa New Zealand hihi

L Duntsch, A Whibley, P Brekke, JG Ewen… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inbreeding can lead to a loss of heterozygosity in a population and when combined with
genetic drift may reduce the adaptive potential of a species. However, there is uncertainty …

[HTML][HTML] The pattern of runs of homozygosity and genomic inbreeding in world-wide sheep populations

M Nosrati, HA Nanaei, A Javanmard, A Esmailizadeh - Genomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Genome-wide pattern of runs of homozygosity (ROH) across ovine genome can provide a
useful resource for studying diversity and demography history in sheep. We analyzed 50 k …

Population structure and genetic diversity of sheep breeds in the Kyrgyzstan

T Deniskova, A Dotsev, E Lushihina, A Shakhin… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sheep are a main livestock species of Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country with
predominating mountain terrain. The current gene pool of local sheep resources has been …

Misidentification of runs of homozygosity islands in cattle caused by interference with copy number variation or large intermarker distances

W Nandolo, YT Utsunomiya, G Mészáros… - Genetics Selection …, 2018 - Springer
Background Runs of homozygosity (ROH) islands are stretches of homozygous sequence in
the genome of a large proportion of individuals in a population. Algorithms for the detection …