Despite the substantial role that chickens have played in human societies across the world,
both the geographic and temporal origins of their domestication remain controversial. To …

Understanding the genetic changes underlying phenotypic variation in sheep (Ovis aries)
may facilitate our efforts towards further improvement. Here, we report the deep resequencing …

Domestic sheep and their wild relatives harbor substantial genetic variants that can form the
backbone of molecular breeding, but their genome landscapes remain understudied. Here, …

This study investigated the effects of a SNP in the myostatin gene (MSTN or growth differentiation
factor 8, GDF8) on birth, growth, carcass, and beef quality traits in Australia (Aust.) and …

Goat domestication was critical for agriculture and civilization, but its underlying genetic
changes and selection regimes remain unclear. Here, we analyze the genomes of worldwide …

Background Pistachio (Pistacia vera), one of the most important commercial nut crops
worldwide, is highly adaptable to abiotic stresses and is tolerant to drought and salt stresses. …

The domestication and subsequent global dispersal of livestock are crucial events in human
history, but the migratory episodes during the history of livestock remain poorly documented …

How animals, particularly livestock, adapt to various climates and environments over short
evolutionary time is of fundamental biological interest. Further, understanding the genetic …

Genetic parameters for growth traits and Kleiber ratio were estimated in Sanjabi sheep. Data
collected from 1992 to 2002 in Mehregan Breeding Station in Kermanshah province at west …

Background Understanding how evolutionary forces relating to climate have shaped the
patterns of genetic variation within and between species is a fundamental pursuit in biology. …