Background To enhance and extend the knowledge about the global historical and
phylogenetic relationships between Merino and Merino-derived breeds, 19 populations …

Abstract Background Merino and Merino-derived sheep breeds have been widely
distributed across the world, both as purebred and admixed populations. They represent an …

Marker-assisted selection (MAS) in animal breeding has undergone transformative
advancements, resha** genetic improvement and reproductive traits in livestock and …

The genetic variability of 204 sheep from nine breeds (Awassi, Çine Çaparı, Karakaş, Karya,
Karayaka, Morkaraman, Norduz, Sakız and Tuj) growing in four different regions (western …

Conservation and breeding programmes of livestock species depend on determination of
genetic diversity. Today in livestock species, microsatellite markers are commonly used to …

Abstract The Hungarian Merino sheep breed (Ovis aries) is the most significant animal
resource of the Hungarian sheep sector which, unfortunately, has gone through a huge …

In Italy, the crisis of the wool industry triggered the necessity to reconvert the two traditional
Merino-derived breeds, Gentile di Puglia and Sopravissana, to meat production, by creating …

The genetic structure of 4 Turkish breeds of sheep, Gökçeada, Kıvırcık, Karacabey Merino,
and Sakız (SZ), was analyzed by genoty** with 17 microsatellite markers in 250 …

Zulu sheep are found mainly in the rural KwaZulu-Natal province and the numbers are
declining due to indiscriminate inbreeding. There is thus a need for phenotypic and genetic …

The Karayaka is the most populous sheep breed in the Black Sea region of Turkey. In the
present study, we investigated the intra-and inter-population genetic relationships among …