Genetic diversity in farm animals–a review

LF Groeneveld, JA Lenstra, H Eding, MA Toro… - Animal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Domestication of livestock species and a long history of migrations, selection and adaptation
have created an enormous variety of breeds. Conservation of these genetic resources relies …

Goat domestication and breeding: a jigsaw of historical, biological and molecular data with missing pieces

M Amills, J Capote, G Tosser‐Klopp - Animal genetics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Domestic goats (Capra hircus) are spread across the five continents with a census of 1
billion individuals. The worldwide population of goats descends from a limited number of …

Are cattle, sheep, and goats endangered species?

P Taberlet, A Valentini, HR Rezaei, S Naderi… - Molecular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
For about 10 000 years, farmers have been managing cattle, sheep, and goats in a
sustainable way, leading to animals that are well adapted to the local conditions. About 200 …

Genome-wide SNP profiling of worldwide goat populations reveals strong partitioning of diversity and highlights post-domestication migration routes

L Colli, M Milanesi, A Talenti, F Bertolini… - Genetics Selection …, 2018 - Springer
Background Goat populations that are characterized within the AdaptMap project cover a
large part of the worldwide distribution of this species and provide the opportunity to assess …

Large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of the domestic goat reveals six haplogroups with high diversity

S Naderi, HR Rezaei, P Taberlet, S Zundel, SA Rafat… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background From the beginning of domestication, the transportation of domestic animals
resulted in genetic and demographic processes that explain their present distribution and …

Population structure, genetic variation and morphological diversity in indigenous sheep of Ethiopia

S Gizaw, JAM Van Arendonk, H Komen… - Animal …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated genetic and morphological diversity and population structure of 14
traditional sheep populations originating from four ecological zones in Ethiopia (sub‐alpine …

Genetic diversity and subdivision of 57 European and Middle‐Eastern sheep breeds

C Peter, M Bruford, T Perez, S Dalamitra… - Animal …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The population structure and genetic diversity of 57 European and Middle Eastern marginal
and cosmopolitan sheep breeds from 15 countries were analysed by typing 31 microsatellite …

Molecular characterization of breeds and its use in conservation

MA Toro, J Fernández, A Caballero - Livestock Science, 2009 - Elsevier
The conservation of farm animal resources is important for coping with future breeding
needs and for facilitating the sustainable use of marginal areas. The increasing availability …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation genetics of cattle, sheep, and goats

P Taberlet, E Coissac, J Pansu, F Pompanon - Comptes rendus biologies, 2011 - Elsevier
Cattle, sheep and goats were domesticated about 10,000 years ago, spread out of the
domestication centers in Europe, Asia, and Africa during the next few thousands years, and …

Genomic tools for effective conservation of livestock breed diversity

PG Eusebi, A Martinez, O Cortes - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Human concern about the status of genetic diversity in livestock breeds and their
conservation has increased, as intense selection and reduced population sizes in many …