Pig breeding programs traditionally focus on the genetic improvement of production and
reproduction traits that have a clear economic value. Because citizens and consumers …

Resilience is the capacity of an animal to be minimally affected by disturbances or to rapidly
return to the state pertained before exposure to a disturbance. However, indicators for …

Selection index methods can be used for deterministic assessment of the potential benefit of
including marker information in genetic improvement programmes using marker‐assisted …

Breeding programmes described as community‐based (CBBP) typically relate to low‐input
systems with farmers having a common interest to improve and share their genetic …

Traditional selection methods, such as sib and best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP)
selection, which increased genetic gain by increasing accuracy of evaluation have also led …

Functional traits have become important for efficient breeding schemes in the dairy goat and
sheep industries, mainly in Mediterranean countries, due to increased costs of production …

Several studies have shown that selection of purebreds for increased performance of their
crossbred descendants under field conditions is hampered by low genetic correlations …

Fillet weight is an economically important trait in Nile tilapia production for the European
market which asks for fish with average body weights of at least 700 g. Genetic parameters …

Intramuscular fat (IMF) content and fatty acid composition affect the organoleptic quality and
nutritional value of pork. A genome-wide association study was performed on 138 Duroc …

The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters in GIFT (Genetically Improved
Farmed Tilapia), especially focusing on the genetic correlation between trait expressions in …