Whole-genome sequence analysis unveils different origins of European and Asiatic mouflon and domestication-related genes in sheep

ZH Chen, YX Xu, XL ** the genomes of Ethiopian indigenous goats
S Belay, G Belay, H Nigussie, AM Ahbara, A Tijjani… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Anthropological and biophysical processes have shaped livestock genomes over Millenia
and can explain their current geographic distribution and genetic divergence. We analyzed …

Production system analysis and breeding practices of indigenous goats in North Wollo zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia

Y Taye, M Taye, K Alemayehu… - Journal of Applied Animal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study describes the goat production system and breeding practices in selected districts
of North Wollo zone, Ethiopia. Data were collected from 180 respondents through a semi …

Whole-genome resource sequences of 57 indigenous Ethiopian goats

S Belay, G Belay, H Nigussie, H Jian-Lin, A Tijjani… - Scientific data, 2024 - nature.com
Domestic goats are distributed worldwide, with approximately 35% of the one billion world
goat population occurring in Africa. Ethiopia has 52.5 million goats,~ 99.9% of which are …

Whole-genome resequencing reveals genomic variation and dynamics in Ethiopian indigenous goats

O Sheriff, AM Ahbara, A Haile, K Alemayehu… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Ethiopia has about 52 million indigenous goats with marked phenotypic variability, which is
the outcome of natural and artificial selection. Here, we obtained whole-genome sequence …

Genome divergence and dynamics in the thin-tailed desert sheep from Sudan

A Abied, AM Ahbara, H Berihulay, L Xu, R Islam… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With climate change bound to affect food and feed production, emphasis will shift to resilient
and adapted indigenous livestock to sustain animal production. However, indigenous …

Genetic diversity, population structure and kinship relationships highlight the environmental influence on Uganda's indigenous goat populations

Z Nantongo, J Birungi, SO Opiyo, G Shirima… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Knowledge about genetic diversity and population structure among goat populations is
essential for understanding environmental adaptation and fostering efficient utilization …

Effects of monochromatic lighting during incubation and vaccination on the splenic transcriptome profiles of chicken

MMA Ibrahim, JR Nelson, GS Archer, G Athrey - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lighting is a crucial environmental variable in poultry operations, but illumination during
incubation is relatively understudied. The ability to stimulate development or immune …

Where Do Goats Come From?

P Crepaldi, A Bionda, L Colli - The Welfare of Goats, 2024 - Springer
This chapter describes the history and biodiversity of the goat species, whose worldwide
distribution demonstrates its great adaptability to a wide range of environmental conditions …