Livestock populations have been consistently improving in terms of performance and
productivity by selective breeding over the centuries. These selection strategies are …

Sufficient genetic variation in livestock populations is necessary both for adaptation to future
changes in climate and consumer demand, and for continual genetic improvement of …

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 …

Identifying signatures of recent or ongoing selection is of high relevance in livestock
population genomics. From a statistical perspective, determining a proper testing procedure …

Members of the coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix (CHCH) domain-containing protein family
that carry (CX 9 C) type motifs are imported into the mitochondrion with the help of the …

Half a century ago, a seminal article on the hitchhiking effect by Smith and Haigh
inaugurated the concept of the selection signature. Selective sweeps are characterised by …

Fat‐tailed sheep have commercial value because consumers prefer high‐protein and low‐
fat food and producers care about feed conversion rate. However, fat‐tailed sheep still have …

Livestock plays a central role in sustaining human livelihood in South Asia. There are
numerous and distinct livestock species in South Asian countries. Several of them have …

Background Body size in sheep is an important indicator of productivity, growth and health
as well as of environmental adaptation. It is a composite quantitative trait that has been …

Understanding the biological mechanisms of climatic adaptation is of paramount importance
for the optimization of breeding programs and conservation of genetic resources. The aim of …