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 …

Through their domestication and subsequent selection, sheep have been adapted to thrive
in a diverse range of environments. To characterise the genetic consequence of both …

Sheep grazing is an important part of agriculture in the North Atlantic region, defined here as
the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Scotland. This process has played a key …

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 …

The characterization of the diversity of species living within ecosystems is of major scientific
interest to understand the functioning of these ecosystems. It is also becoming a societal …

The population structure and genetic diversity of 57 European and Middle Eastern marginal
and cosmopolitan sheep breeds from 15 countries were analysed by ty** 31 microsatellite …

The conservation of farm animal resources is important for co** with future breeding
needs and for facilitating the sustainable use of marginal areas. The increasing availability …

Background Russia has a diverse variety of native and locally developed sheep breeds with
coarse, fine, and semi-fine wool, which inhabit different climate zones and landscapes that …

Large-scale evaluations of genetic diversity in domestic livestock populations are necessary
so that region-specific conservation measures can be implemented. We performed the first …

In the last decade, several studies aimed at dissecting the genetic architecture of local small
ruminant breeds to discover which variations are involved in the process of adaptation to …