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

In the local breeds with small population size, one of the most important problems is the
increase of inbreeding coefficient (F). High levels of inbreeding lead to reduced genetic …

Background Knowledge of the genetic structure and overall diversity of livestock species is
important to maximise the potential of genome-wide association studies and genomic …

Animal genomics is currently undergoing dynamic development, which is driven by the
flourishing of high-throughput genome analysis methods. Recently, a large number of …

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 …

Monitoring the rate of change in inbreeding and genetic diversity within a population is
important to guide breeding programmes. Such interest stems from the impact of loss in …

Background Basic understanding of linkage disequilibrium (LD) and population structure, as
well as the consistency of gametic phase across breeds is crucial for genome-wide …

Identification of genomic regions that have been targets of selection for phenotypic traits is
one of the most challenging applications of dense marker panels in animal genetics. In this …

In this study, we used the Illumina OvineSNP50 BeadChip to conduct a genome-wide
association (GWA) analysis for milk production traits in dairy sheep by analyzing a …

Before availability of dense SNP data, genetic diversity was characterized and managed
with pedigree-based information. Besides this classical approach, 2 methodologies have …