Domestication of livestock species and a long history of migrations, selection and adaptation
have created an enormous variety of breeds. Conservation of these genetic resources relies …

The quality and value of the carcass in domestic meat animals are reflected in its protein and
fat content. Preadipocytes and adipocytes are important in establishing the overall fatness of …

Abstract The Animal QTL database (QTLdb; http://www. animalgenome. org/QTLdb) is
designed to house all publicly available QTL and single-nucleotide polymorphism/gene …

Abstract The Animal QTL Database (QTLdb; http://www. animalgenome. org/QTLdb) has
undergone dramatic growth in recent years in terms of new data curated, data downloads …

Utilizing the whole genomic variation of complex traits to predict the yet-to-be observed
phenotypes or unobserved genetic values via whole genome prediction (WGP) and to infer …

Background Single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (SSGBLUP) is a
comprehensive method for genomic prediction. Point estimates of marker effects from …

Chicken body weight is an economically important trait and great genetic progress has been
accomplished in genetic selective for body weight. To identify genes and chromosome …

Chromosomal regions harboring variation affecting cattle birth weight and BW gain to 1 yr of
age were identified by marker association using the highly parallel BovineSNP50 BeadChip …

Resolving natural phenotypic variation into genetic and molecular components is a major
objective in biology. Over the past decade, tomato interspecific introgression lines (ILs) …

Breeding improvements and quantitative trait genetics are essential to the advancement of
broiler production. The impact of artificial selection on genomic architecture and the genetic …