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 …

Background Cross-validation tools are used increasingly to validate and compare genetic
evaluation methods but analytical properties of cross-validation methods are rarely …

Simple Summary Tropical pasture-based beef production systems play a vital role in global
food security. The importance of promoting sustainable intensification of such systems has …

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 …

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 …

Simple Summary Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are continuous homozygous regions that
generally exist in the DNA sequence of diploid organisms. Identifications of ROH leading to …

Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays can be used to explore
homozygosity segments, where two haplotypes inherited from the parents are identical. In …

Genomic regions related to tropical adaptability are of paramount importance for animal
breeding nowadays, especially in the context of global climate change. Moreover …

Background Although inbreeding caused by the mating of animals related through a recent
common ancestor is expected to have more harmful effects on phenotypes than ancient …

This study aimed at assessing inbreeding and its effect on growth and fertility traits using the
longtime closed line 1 Hereford cattle population. Inbreeding was estimated based on …