Simple Summary After domestication in specific regions, livestock followed human migrations
and colonized the whole world. During this population expansion, human and natural …

We assessed the gut microbial ecology of 11 severely obese patients before and after bilio-intestinal
bypass (BIB). Fecal samples were evaluated for microbial communities using 16S …

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 …

The domestic water buffalo is native to the Asian continent but through historical migrations
and recent importations, nowadays has a worldwide distribution. The two types of water …

Nowadays, molecular data analyses for biodiversity studies often require advanced
bioinformatics skills, preventing many life scientists from analyzing their own data autonomously. …

High genetic variation and extensive gene flow may help forest trees with adapting to ongoing
climate change, yet the genetic bases underlying their adaptive potential remain largely …

An increasing number of studies are using landscape genomics to investigate local adaptation
in wild and domestic populations. Implementation of this approach requires the sampling …

East Coast fever (ECF) is a fatal sickness affecting cattle populations of eastern, central, and
southern Africa. The disease is transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, and …

The Montecristo wild goat is an endangered feral population that has been on the homonymous
island in the Tuscan Archipelago since ancient times. The origins of Montecristo goats …

samβada is a genome–environment association software, designed to search for signatures
of local adaptation. However, pre‐ and postprocessing of data can be labour‐intensive, …