In farm animals, both genetic and non-genetic factors affect reproductive traits. These factors
can be categorized as intrinsic and extrinsic. Extrinsic factors relate to the animal's …

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 …

Reproductive traits are the basic economic traits of goats and important indicators in goat
breeding. In this study, Dazu black goats (DBGs; n= 150), an important Chinese local goat …

This study aims to estimate genetic parameters and genetic trends for early growth and
reproductive traits of Doyogena sheep. Data used in the study were collected over 6 years …

Objective This study aimed to investigate the significant single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) and genes associated with nine reproduction and morphological traits in three breed …

Litter size is one of the important economic traits of livestock. Seasonal oestrus, ovulation
and lambing of sheep have severely restricted the development of sheep farming in …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) is a major procedure for studying the genetics of
complex economically important traits in sheep. The objective of this study was to determine …

Genetic architecture of sheep reproduction is increasingly gaining scientific interest due to
the major impact on sheep production systems. In the present study, we conducted pedigree …

Simple Summary Inner Mongolian cashmere goats (IMCGs) are an excellent local breed that
formed due to natural selection and artificial breeding over a long time, and they are a world …

1Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
2Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran …