Lipid deposition and metabolism in local and modern pig breeds: A review

K Poklukar, M Čandek-Potokar, N Batorek Lukač… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Intensive selective breeding and genetic improvement of relatively few pig
breeds led to the abandonment of many low productive local pig breeds. However, local pig …

A decade of pig genome sequencing: a window on pig domestication and evolution

MAM Groenen - Genetics Selection Evolution, 2016 - Springer
Insight into how genomes change and adapt due to selection addresses key questions in
evolutionary biology and in domestication of animals and plants by humans. In that regard …

Genomic diversity, linkage disequilibrium and selection signatures in European local pig breeds assessed with a high density SNP chip

M Munoz, R Bozzi, J Garcia-Casco, Y Nunez… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Genetic characterization of local breeds is essential to preserve their genomic variability, to
advance conservation policies and to contribute to their promotion and sustainability …

Whole genome analysis of water buffalo and global cattle breeds highlights convergent signatures of domestication

P Dutta, A Talenti, R Young, S Jayaraman… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
More people globally depend on the water buffalo than any other domesticated species, and
as the most closely related domesticated species to cattle they can provide important …

Detection of selection signatures in dairy and beef cattle using high-density genomic information

F Zhao, S McParland, F Kearney, L Du… - Genetics Selection …, 2015 - Springer
Background Artificial selection for economically important traits in cattle is expected to have
left distinctive selection signatures on the genome. Access to high-density genotypes …

Adaptations to climate-mediated selective pressures in sheep

FH Lv, S Agha, J Kantanen, L Colli… - Molecular biology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Following domestication, sheep (Ovis aries) have become essential farmed animals across
the world through adaptation to a diverse range of environments and varied production …

Whole-genome sequencing of European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds allows the detection of signatures of selection for adaptation of genetic resources …

S Bovo, A Ribani, M Muñoz, E Alves, JP Araujo… - Genetics Selection …, 2020 - Springer
Background Natural and artificial directional selection in cosmopolitan and autochthonous
pig breeds and wild boars have shaped their genomes and resulted in a reservoir of animal …

Genomic analysis reveals selection for Asian genes in European pigs following human-mediated introgression

M Bosse, HJ Megens, LAF Frantz, O Madsen… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The independent domestication of local wild boar populations in Asia and Europe about
10,000 years ago led to distinct European and Asian pig breeds, each with very different …

Map** signatures of positive selection in the genome of livestock

S Qanbari, H Simianer - Livestock science, 2014 - Elsevier
Human driven selection during domestication and subsequent breed formation and
breeding has left detectable signatures within the genome of livestock breeds. The …

Genome-wide SNP data unveils the globalization of domesticated pigs

B Yang, L Cui, M Perez-Enciso, A Traspov… - Genetics Selection …, 2017 - Springer
Background Pigs were domesticated independently in Eastern and Western Eurasia early
during the agricultural revolution, and have since been transported and traded across the …