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 Suidae are a family of Cetartiodactyla composed of 17 species classified in a minimum
of five extant genera that originated at least 20 million years ago. Their success is evident in …

Inbreeding has long been recognized as a primary cause of fitness reduction in both wild
and domesticated populations. Consanguineous matings cause inheritance of haplotypes …

Genetic characterization of local breeds is essential to preserve their genomic variability, to
advance conservation policies and to contribute to their promotion and sustainability …

The establishment of agricultural economies based upon domestic animals began
independently in many parts of the world and led to both increases in human population size …

Following domestication, livestock breeds have experienced intense selection pressures for
the development of desirable traits. This has resulted in a large diversity of breeds that …

Despite having only begun∼ 10,000 years ago, the process of domestication has resulted in
a degree of phenotypic variation within individual species normally associated with much …

The independent domestication of local wild boar populations in Asia and Europe about
10,000 years ago led to distinct European and Asian pig breeds, each with very different …

Background Pigs were domesticated independently in Eastern and Western Eurasia early
during the agricultural revolution, and have since been transported and traded across the …

CRISPR/Cas9 has emerged as one of the most popular genome editing tools due to its
simple design and high efficiency in multiple species. Myostatin (MSTN) negatively …