Inbreeding depression has been widely documented for livestock and other animal and
plant populations. Inbreeding is generally expected to have a stronger unfavorable effect on …

The rearing of farmed animals is a vital component of global food production systems, but its
impact on the environment, human health, animal welfare, and biodiversity is being …

Genomic prediction (GP) or genomic selection is a method to predict the accumulative effect
of all quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in a population by estimating the realized genomic …

Background Genomic selection has revolutionized genetic improvement in animals and
plants, but little is known about its long-term effects. Here, we investigated the long-term …

Genomic prediction for multiple environments can aid the selection of genotypes suited to
specific soil and climate conditions. Methodological advances allow effective integration of …

Cattle are ideally suited to investigate the genetics of male reproduction, because semen
quality and fertility are recorded for all ejaculates of artificial insemination bulls. We analysed …

We revisited, in a genomic context, the theory of hybrid genetic evaluation models of hybrid
crosses of pure lines, as the current practice is largely based on infinitesimal model …

With the broad application of genomic information, SNP-based measures of estimating
inbreeding have been widely used in animal breeding, especially based on runs of …

Growth rate plays a critical role in the pig industry and is related to quantitative traits
controlled by many genes. Here, we aimed to identify causative mutations and candidate …

Breeding programs aiming to improve the performance of crossbreds may benefit from
genomic prediction of crossbred (CB) performance for purebred (PB) selection candidates …