Symposium review: Genetics, genome-wide association study, and genetic improvement of dairy fertility traits

L Ma, JB Cole, Y Da, PM VanRaden - Journal of dairy science, 2019 - Elsevier
Before fertility traits were incorporated into selection, dairy cattle breeding primarily focused
on production traits, which resulted in an unfavorable decline in the reproductive …

Genome-wide selection signatures detection in Shanghai Holstein cattle population identified genes related to adaption, health and reproduction traits

D Liu, Z Chen, W Zhao, L Guo, H Sun, K Zhu, G Liu… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Over several decades, a wide range of natural and artificial selection events in
response to subtropical environments, intensive pasture and intensive feedlot systems have …

Genomewide association analyses of lactation persistency and milk production traits in Holstein cattle based on imputed whole-genome sequence data

VB Pedrosa, FS Schenkel, SY Chen, HR Oliveira… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lactation persistency and milk production are among the most economically important traits
in the dairy industry. In this study, we explored the association of over 6.1 million imputed …

Genome-wide association for milk production and female fertility traits in Canadian dairy Holstein cattle

S Nayeri, M Sargolzaei, MK Abo-Ismail, N May… - BMC genetics, 2016 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are a powerful tool for detecting
genomic regions explaining variation in phenotype. The objectives of the present study were …

Signatures of selection reveal candidate genes involved in economic traits and cold acclimation in five Swedish cattle breeds

SM Ghoreishifar, S Eriksson, AM Johansson… - Genetics Selection …, 2020 - Springer
Background Thousands of years of natural and artificial selection have resulted in
indigenous cattle breeds that are well-adapted to the environmental challenges of their local …

Identification of important genomic footprints using eight different selection signature statistics in domestic cattle breeds

D Rajawat, M Panigrahi, H Kumar, SS Nayak, S Parida… - Gene, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, the population genomic data of different cattle breeds were explored to
decipher the genomic regions affected due to selective events and reflected in the …

Prospects for gene introgression or gene editing as a strategy for reduction of the impact of heat stress on production and reproduction in cattle

PJ Hansen - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
In cattle, genetic variation exists in regulation of body temperature and stabilization of
cellular function during heat stress. There are opportunities to reduce the impact of heat …

Genome-wide association study to identify genomic regions and positional candidate genes associated with male fertility in beef cattle

H Sweett, PAS Fonseca, A Suárez-Vega, A Livernois… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fertility plays a key role in the success of calf production, but there is evidence that
reproductive efficiency in beef cattle has decreased during the past half-century worldwide …

Identifying pleiotropic variants and candidate genes for fertility and reproduction traits in Holstein cattle via association studies based on imputed whole-genome …

SY Chen, FS Schenkel, ALP Melo, HR Oliveira… - BMC genomics, 2022 - Springer
Background Genetic progress for fertility and reproduction traits in dairy cattle has been
limited due to the low heritability of most indicator traits. Moreover, most of the quantitative …

Selection signatures in two oldest Russian native cattle breeds revealed using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism analysis

NA Zinovieva, AV Dotsev, AA Sermyagin… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Native cattle breeds can carry specific signatures of selection reflecting their adaptation to
the local environmental conditions and response to the breeding strategy used. In this study …