Applications of omics technology for livestock selection and improvement

D Chakraborty, N Sharma, S Kour, SS Sodhi… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Conventional animal selection and breeding methods were based on the phenotypic
performance of the animals. These methods have limitations, particularly for sex-limited traits …

[HTML][HTML] Native pig breeds as a source of biodiversity—breeding and economic aspects

A Kasprzyk, A Walenia - Agriculture, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the available important information on local pig
breeds maintained in Europe. Genetic erosion has prompted national and international …

Genetic diversity and population structure of six autochthonous pig breeds from Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia

M Zorc, D Škorput, K Gvozdanović, P Margeta… - Genetics selection …, 2022‏ - Springer
Background The importance of local breeds as genetic reservoirs of valuable genetic
variation is well established. Pig breeding in Central and South-Eastern Europe has a long …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Differentiation among Livestock Breeds—Values for Fst

SJG Hall - Animals, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The degree of relationship among livestock breeds can be quantified by
the Fst statistic, which measures the extent of genetic differentiation between them. An Fst …

Admixture and breed traceability in European indigenous pig breeds and wild boar using genome-wide SNP data

C Dadousis, M Muñoz, C Óvilo, MC Fabbri, JP Araújo… - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Preserving diversity of indigenous pig (Sus scrofa) breeds is a key factor to (i) sustain the
pork chain (both at local and global scales) including the production of high-quality branded …

Breed identification using breed-informative SNPs and machine learning based on whole genome sequence data and SNP chip data

C Zhao, D Wang, J Teng, C Yang, X Zhang… - Journal of animal …, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Breed identification is useful in a variety of biological contexts. Breed
identification usually involves two stages, ie, detection of breed-informative SNPs and breed …

Runs of homozygosity provide a genome landscape picture of inbreeding and genetic history of European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds

G Schiavo, S Bovo, M Muñoz, A Ribani… - Animal …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
ROHs are long stretches of DNA homozygous at each polymorphic position. The proportion
of genome covered by ROHs and their length are indicators of the level and origin of …

Genome‐wide population structure, homozygosity, and heterozygosity patterns of Nero Siciliano pig in the framework of Italian and cosmopolitan breeds

S Bordonaro, G Chessari, S Mastrangelo… - Animal …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of genomic data is becoming more and more common for the effective
management of livestock breeding programmes, even in the case of local populations. In …

Runs of homozygosity islands in Italian cosmopolitan and autochthonous pig breeds identify selection signatures in the porcine genome

G Schiavo, S Bovo, F Bertolini, S Dall'Olio, LN Costa… - Livestock Science, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) in a diploid organism can be defined as continuous
chromosome regions in which all loci have a homozygous genotype. Shared ROH within a …

Characterization of a haplotype-reference panel for genoty** by low-pass sequencing in Swiss Large White pigs

A Nosková, M Bhati, NK Kadri, D Crysnanto… - BMC genomics, 2021‏ - Springer
Background The key-ancestor approach has been frequently applied to prioritize individuals
for whole-genome sequencing based on their marginal genetic contribution to current …