Cattle are one of the most important livestock species in West Africa, providing multiple
services to farmers and contributing to national economies. Various breeding strategies have …

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 forming under …

By their paternal transmission, Y‐chromosomal haplotypes are sensitive markers of population
history and male‐mediated introgression. Previous studies identified biallelic single‐…

Maximizing the number of offspring born per female is a key functionality trait in commercial-
and/or subsistence-oriented livestock enterprises. Although the number of offspring born is …

Understanding characteristics of production systems and identification of specific preferred
traits related to breeding objectives is a first important step to the successful implementation …

High‐throughput genomic markers provide an opportunity to assess important indicators of
genetic diversity for populations managed in livestock breeding programs. While well‐…

In this study, single-SNP GWAS analyses were conducted to find regions affecting tolerance
against trypanosomosis and morphometrics traits in purebred and crossbred Baoulé cattle …

Background Genome-wide prediction has become the method of choice in animal and plant
breeding. Prediction of breeding values and phenotypes are routinely performed using …

Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy is the method of choice for the standard milk recording
system, to determine milk components including fat, protein, lactose and urea. Since milk …

Identification of selection signatures is one of the current endeavors of evolutionary genetics.
Admixed populations may be used to infer post‐admixture selection. We calculated local …