The massive improvement in food production, as a result of effective genetic selection
combined with advancements in farming practices, has been one of the greatest …

Inbreeding depression has been widely documented for livestock and other animal and
plant populations. Inbreeding is generally expected to have a stronger unfavorable effect on …

Understanding the genomic features of livestock is essential for successful breeding
programs and conservation. This information is scarce for local goat breeds in Egypt. In the …

Genetic diversity has become an urgent matter not only in small local breeds but also in
more specialized ones. While the use of genomic data in livestock breeding programs …

For small and isolated populations, the increased chance of mating between related
individuals can result in a substantial reduction in individual and population fitness. Despite …

Background While the adoption of genomic evaluations in livestock has increased genetic
gain rates, its effects on genetic diversity and accumulation of inbreeding have raised …

Artificial insemination companies create elite genetics in the form of semen and embryos for
use in dairy cattle genetic improvement programs. The most marketable bulls are those with …

Simple Summary In this study, we estimated genetic diversity in semi-feral Maremmana
cattle using both pedigree-and genomic-based approaches, and detected regions of …

Dairy cattle breeding has historically focused on relatively small numbers of elite bulls as
sires of sons. In recent years, even if generation intervals were reduced and more diverse …

Background The reduction in phenotypic performance of a population due to mating
between close relatives is called inbreeding depression. The genetic background of …