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  1. The Dohne Merino sheep was introduced to Australia from South Africa in the 1990s. It was primarily used in crosses with the Merino breed sheep to improve on attributes such as reproduction and carcass composi...

    Authors: Marine Wicki, Daniel J. Brown, Phillip M. Gurman, Jérôme Raoul, Andrés Legarra and Andrew A. Swan
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:69
  2. Insect-based food and feed are increasingly attracting attention. As a domesticated insect, the silkworm (Bombyx mori) has a highly nutritious pupa that can be easily raised in large quantities through large-scal...

    Authors: Rui Gao, Chunlin Li, Ang Zhou, Xiachao Wang, Kupeng Lu, Weidong Zuo, Hai Hu, Minjin Han, Xiaoling Tong and Fangyin Dai
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:68
  3. Productive life (PL) of a cow is the time the cow remains in the milking herd from first calving to exit from the herd due to culling or death and is an important economic trait in U.S. Holstein cattle. The l...

    Authors: Zuoxiang Liang, Dzianis Prakapenka, Hafedh B. Zaabza, Paul M. VanRaden, Curtis P. Van Tassell and Yang Da
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:67
  4. The composition and distribution of fatty acids (FA) are important factors determining the quality, flavor, and nutrient value of meat. In addition, FAs synthesized in the body participate in energy metabolism...

    Authors: Junhui Liu, Cristina Sebastià, Teodor Jové-Juncà, Raquel Quintanilla, Olga González-Rodríguez, Magí Passols, Anna Castelló, Armand Sánchez, Maria Ballester and Josep M. Folch
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:66
  5. In this study, we tested whether genotyping both live and dead animals (GSD) realises more genetic gain for post-weaning survival (PWS) in pigs compared to genotyping only live animals (GOS).

    Authors: Md Sharif-Islam, Julius H. J. van der Werf, Mark Henryon, Thinh Tuan Chu, Benjamin J. Wood and Susanne Hermesch
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:65
  6. The integration of nuclear mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) into the mammalian genomes is an ongoing, yet rare evolutionary process that produces nuclear sequences of mitochondrial origin (NUMT). In this study, we id...

    Authors: Matteo Bolner, Samuele Bovo, Mohamad Ballan, Giuseppina Schiavo, Valeria Taurisano, Anisa Ribani, Francesca Bertolini and Luca Fontanesi
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:64
  7. A genotype-by-environment (G × E) interaction is defined as genotypes responding differently to different environments. In salmonids, G × E interactions can occur in different rearing conditions, including cha...

    Authors: Leteisha A. Prescott, Megan R. Scholtens, Seumas P. Walker, Shannon M. Clarke, Ken G. Dodds, Matthew R. Miller, Jayson M. Semmens, Chris G. Carter and Jane E. Symonds
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:63
  8. Mitochondrial genomes differ from the nuclear genome and in humans it is known that mitochondrial variants contribute to genetic disorders. Prior to genomics, some livestock studies assessed the role of the mi...

    Authors: Jigme Dorji, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Coralie M. Reich, Christy J. VanderJagt, Tuan V. Nguyen, Hans D. Daetwyler and Iona M. MacLeod
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:62
  9. The objective of this study was to introduce a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in conjunction with segregation analysis on monogenic categorical traits. Genotype probabilities calculated from phenotypes, ...

    Authors: Naomi Duijvesteijn, Julius H. J. van der Werf and Brian P. Kinghorn
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:61
  10. Accurate breed identification is essential for the conservation and sustainable use of indigenous farm animal genetic resources. In this study, we evaluated the phylogenetic relationships and genomic breed com...

    Authors: Chang-heng Zhao, Dan Wang, Cheng Yang, Yan Chen, Jun Teng, Xin-yi Zhang, Zhi Cao, Xian-ming Wei, Chao Ning, Qi-en Yang, Wen-fa Lv and Qin Zhang
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:60
  11. Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) effects can be backsolved from ssGBLUP genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) and used for genome-wide association studies (ssGWAS). However, obtaining p-values for those...

    Authors: Natália Galoro Leite, Matias Bermann, Shogo Tsuruta, Ignacy Misztal and Daniela Lourenco
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:59
  12. The effects of environmental disturbances on livestock are often observed indirectly through the variability patterns of repeated performance records over time. Sheep are frequently exposed to diverse extensiv...

    Authors: Erin G. Smith, Dominic L. Waters, Samuel F. Walkom and Sam A. Clark
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:57
  13. Managing genetic diversity is critically important for maintaining species fitness. Excessive homozygosity caused by the loss of genetic diversity can have detrimental effects on the reproduction and productio...

    Authors: Gabrielle M. Becker, Jacob W. Thorne, Joan M. Burke, Ronald M. Lewis, David R. Notter, James L. M. Morgan, Christopher S. Schauer, Whit C. Stewart, R. R. Redden and Brenda M. Murdoch
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:56
  14. Goats were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent about 10,000 years before present (YBP) and subsequently spread across Eurasia and Africa. This dispersal is expected to generate a gradient of declining genetic...

    Authors: Elena Petretto, Maria Luisa Dettori, María Gracia Luigi-Sierra, Antonia Noce, Michele Pazzola, Giuseppe Massimo Vacca, Antonio Molina, Amparo Martínez, Félix Goyache, Sean Carolan and Marcel Amills
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:55
  15. Mastitis is a disease that incurs significant costs in the dairy industry. A promising approach to mitigate its negative effects is to genetically improve the resistance of dairy cattle to mastitis. A meta-ana...

    Authors: Zexi Cai, Terhi Iso-Touru, Marie-Pierre Sanchez, Naveen Kadri, Aniek C. Bouwman, Praveen Krishna Chitneedi, Iona M. MacLeod, Christy J. Vander Jagt, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Birgit Gredler-Grandl, Mirjam Spengeler, Mogens Sandø Lund, Didier Boichard, Christa Kühn, Hubert Pausch, Johanna Vilkki…
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:54
  16. The Franches-Montagnes (FM) is the last native horse breed of Switzerland, established at the end of the 19th century by cross-breeding local mares with Anglo-Norman stallions. We collected high-density SNP ge...

    Authors: Annik Imogen Gmel, Sofia Mikko, Anne Ricard, Brandon D. Velie, Vinzenz Gerber, Natasha Anne Hamilton and Markus Neuditschko
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:53
  17. Psoroptic mange, caused by Psoroptes ovis mites, is affecting Belgian Blue cattle’s welfare and production potential. The Belgian Blue cattle—known for its high degree of muscling, low feed conversion ratio and h...

    Authors: Roel Meyermans, Steven Janssens, Annelies Coussé, Susanne Tinel, Wim Gorssen, Fabrice Lepot, Xavier Hubin, Patrick Mayeres, Wim Veulemans, Nathalie De Wilde, Tom Druet, Michel Georges, Carole Charlier, Edwin Claerebout and Nadine Buys
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:52
  18. The honey bee reference genome, HAv3.1, was produced from a commercial line sample that was thought to have a largely dominant Apis mellifera ligustica genetic background. Apis mellifera mellifera, often referred...

    Authors: Sonia E. Eynard, Christophe Klopp, Kamila Canale-Tabet, William Marande, Céline Vandecasteele, Céline Roques, Cécile Donnadieu, Quentin Boone, Bertrand Servin and Alain Vignal
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:51
  19. Genome sequence variants affecting complex traits (quantitative trait loci, QTL) are enriched in functional regions of the genome, such as those marked by certain histone modifications. These variants are beli...

    Authors: Mohammad Ghoreishifar, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Ruidong Xiang, Claire P. Prowse-Wilkins, Thomas J. Lopdell, Mathew D. Littlejohn, Jennie E. Pryce and Michael E. Goddard
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:50
  20. Multi-population genomic prediction can rapidly expand the size of the reference population and improve genomic prediction ability. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have shown advantages in single-population g...

    Authors: Xue Wang, Zipeng Zhang, Hehe Du, Christina Pfeiffer, Gábor Mészáros and Xiangdong Ding
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:49
  21. Previous research showed that deviations in longitudinal data are heritable and can be used as a proxy for pigs’ general resilience. However, only a few studies investigated the relationship between these resi...

    Authors: Wim Gorssen, Carmen Winters, Roel Meyermans, Léa Chapard, Katrijn Hooyberghs, Jürgen Depuydt, Steven Janssens, Han Mulder and Nadine Buys
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:48
  22. There are 13 known chicken blood systems, which were originally detected by agglutination of red blood cells by specific alloantisera. The genomic region or specific gene responsible has been identified for fo...

    Authors: Janet E. Fulton, Amy M. McCarron, Ashlee R. Lund, Wioleta Drobik-Czwarno, Abigail Mullen, Anna Wolc, Joanna Szadkowska, Carl J. Schmidt and Robert L. Taylor Jr
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:47
  23. Linear models that are commonly used to predict breeding values in livestock species consider paternal influence solely as a genetic effect. However, emerging evidence in several species suggests the potential...

    Authors: Corentin Fouéré, Chris Hozé, Florian Besnard, Mekki Boussaha, Didier Boichard and Marie-Pierre Sanchez
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:46
  24. Body conformation, including withers height, is a major selection criterion in horse breeding and is associated with other important traits, such as health and performance. However, little is known about the g...

    Authors: Paula Reich, Sandra Möller, Kathrin F. Stock, Wietje Nolte, Mario von Depka Prondzinski, Reinhard Reents, Ernst Kalm, Christa Kühn, Georg Thaller, Clemens Falker-Gieske and Jens Tetens
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:45
  25. Longitudinal records of automatically-recorded vaginal temperature (TV) could be a key source of data for deriving novel indicators of climatic resilience (CR) for breeding more resilient pigs, especially during ...

    Authors: Hui Wen, Jay S. Johnson, Leonardo S. Gloria, Andre C. Araujo, Jacob M. Maskal, Sharlene Olivette Hartman, Felipe E. de Carvalho, Artur Oliveira Rocha, Yijian Huang, Francesco Tiezzi, Christian Maltecca, Allan P. Schinckel and Luiz F. Brito
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:44
  26. Limitations of the concept of identity by descent in the presence of stratification within a breeding population may lead to an incomplete formulation of the conventional numerator relationship matrix (

    Authors: Christine Anglhuber, Christian Edel, Eduardo C. G. Pimentel, Reiner Emmerling, Kay-Uwe Götz and Georg Thaller
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:43
  27. Female fertility is an important trait in dairy cattle. Identifying putative causal variants associated with fertility may help to improve the accuracy of genomic prediction of fertility. Combining expression ...

    Authors: Irene van den Berg, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Iona M. MacLeod, Tuan V. Nguyen, Mike E. Goddard, Ruidong Xiang, Brett Mason, Susanne Meier, Claire V. C. Phyn, Chris R. Burke and Jennie E. Pryce
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:42
  28. Breeding programs are judged by the genetic level of animals that are used to disseminate genetic progress. These animals are typically the best ones of the population. To maximise the genetic level of very go...

    Authors: Tobias A. M. Niehoff, Jan ten Napel, Piter Bijma, Torsten Pook, Yvonne C. J. Wientjes, Bernadett Hegedűs and Mario P. L. Calus
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:41
  29. Livestock populations are under constant selective pressure for higher productivity levels for different selective purposes. This pressure results in the selection of animals with unique adaptive and productio...

    Authors: Pablo A. S. Fonseca, Aroa Suárez-Vega, Juan J. Arranz and Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:40
  30. Nine male and eight female calves born to a Normande artificial insemination bull named “Ly” were referred to the French National Observatory of Bovine Abnormalities for multiple fractures, shortened gestation...

    Authors: Julien Corbeau, Cécile Grohs, Jeanlin Jourdain, Mekki Boussaha, Florian Besnard, Anne Barbat, Vincent Plassard, Julie Rivière, Christophe Hamelin, Jeremy Mortier, Didier Boichard, Raphaël Guatteo and Aurélien Capitan
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:39
  31. The accuracy of genomic prediction is partly determined by the size of the reference population. In Atlantic salmon breeding programs, four parallel populations often exist, thus offering the opportunity to in...

    Authors: Afees A. Ajasa, Solomon A. Boison, Hans M. Gjøen and Marie Lillehammer
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:38
  32. The theory of “metafounders” proposes a unified framework for relationships across base populations within breeds (e.g. unknown parent groups), and base populations across breeds (crosses) together with a sens...

    Authors: Andres Legarra, Matias Bermann, Quanshun Mei and Ole F. Christensen
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:35
  33. Metafounders are a useful concept to characterize relationships within and across populations, and to help genetic evaluations because they help modelling the means and variances of unknown base population ani...

    Authors: Andres Legarra, Matias Bermann, Quanshun Mei and Ole F. Christensen
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:34
  34. Recursive models are a category of structural equation models that propose a causal relationship between traits. These models are more parameterized than multiple trait models, and they require imposing restri...

    Authors: Luis Varona, David López-Carbonell, Houssemeddine Srihi, Carlos Hervás-Rivero, Óscar González-Recio and Juan Altarriba
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:33
  35. Rendena is a dual-purpose cattle breed, which is primarily found in the Italian Alps and the eastern areas of the Po valley, and recognized for its longevity, fertility, disease resistance and adaptability to ...

    Authors: Elisa Somenzi, Erika Partel, Mario Barbato, Ana María Chero Osorio, Licia Colli, Niccolò Franceschi, Roberto Mantovani, Fabio Pilla, Matteo Komjanc, Alessandro Achilli, Heidi Christine Hauffe and Paolo Ajmone Marsan
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:32
  36. Metabolic disturbances adversely impact productive and reproductive performance of dairy cattle due to changes in endocrine status and immune function, which increase the risk of disease. This may occur in the...

    Authors: Lucio F. M. Mota, Diana Giannuzzi, Sara Pegolo, Enrico Sturaro, Daniel Gianola, Riccardo Negrini, Erminio Trevisi, Paolo Ajmone Marsan and Alessio Cecchinato
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:31
  37. Breeding queens may be mated with drones that are produced by a single drone-producing queen (DPQ), or a group of sister-DPQs, but often only the dam of the DPQ(s) is reported in the pedigree. Furthermore, dat...

    Authors: Tristan Kistler, Evert W. Brascamp, Benjamin Basso, Piter Bijma and Florence Phocas
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:30
  38. With the introduction of digital phenotyping and high-throughput data, traits that were previously difficult or impossible to measure directly have become easily accessible, offering the opportunity to enhance...

    Authors: Mary Kate Hollifield, Ching-Yi Chen, Eric Psota, Justin Holl, Daniela Lourenco and Ignacy Misztal
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:29
  39. Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) play a crucial role in transcriptional regulation. While significant progress has been made in understanding epigenetic regulation mediated by eRNAs, research on the construction of eRNA-...

    Authors: Chao Wang, Choulin Chen, Bowen Lei, Shenghua Qin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Kui Li, Song Zhang and Yuwen Liu
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:28
  40. Claw diseases and mastitis represent the most important health issues in dairy cattle with a frequently mentioned connection to milk production. Although many studies have aimed at investigating this connectio...

    Authors: Helen Schneider, Valentin Haas, Ana-Marija Krizanac, Clemens Falker-Gieske, Johannes Heise, Jens Tetens, Georg Thaller and Jörn Bennewitz
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:27
  41. Chinese indigenous sheep are valuable resources with unique features and characteristics. They are distributed across regions with different climates in mainland China; however, few reports have analyzed the e...

    Authors: Meilin Jin, Huihua Wang, Gang Liu, Jian Lu, Zehu Yuan, Taotao Li, Engming Liu, Zengkui Lu, Lixin Du and Caihong Wei
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:26
  42. Longevity and resilience are two fundamental traits for more sustainable livestock production. These traits are closely related, as resilient animals tend to have longer lifespans. An interesting criterion for...

    Authors: Iliyass Biada, Noelia Ibáñez-Escriche, Agustín Blasco, Cristina Casto-Rebollo and Maria A. Santacreu
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:25
  43. Gene flow is crucial for enhancing economic traits of livestock. In China, breeders have used hybridization strategies for decades to improve livestock performance. Here, we performed whole-genome sequencing o...

    Authors: Ruifei Yang, Siqi Jin, Suyun Fang, Dawei Yan, Hao Zhang, Jingru Nie, Jinqiao Liu, Minjuan Lv, Bo Zhang and Xinxing Dong
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:24
  44. In the current context of climate change, livestock production faces many challenges to improve the sustainability of systems. Dairy farming, in particular, must find ways to select animals that will be able t...

    Authors: Aurélie Vinet, Sophie Mattalia, Roxane Vallée, Christine Bertrand, Anne Barbat, Julie Promp, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano and Didier Boichard
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:23
  45. Bovine lactoferrin (Lf) is an iron absorbing whey protein with antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activity. Lactoferrin is economically valuable and has an extremely variable concentration in milk, partl...

    Authors: Thomas J. Lopdell, Alexander J. Trevarton, Janelle Moody, Claire Prowse-Wilkins, Sarah Knowles, Kathryn Tiplady, Amanda J. Chamberlain, Michael E. Goddard, Richard J. Spelman, Klaus Lehnert, Russell G. Snell, Stephen R. Davis and Mathew D. Littlejohn
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:22
  46. There is a burgeoning interest in using insects as a sustainable source of food and feed, particularly by capitalising on various waste materials and by-products that are typically considered of low value. Enh...

    Authors: Laura Skrubbeltrang Hansen, Stine Frey Laursen, Simon Bahrndorff, Morten Kargo, Jesper Givskov Sørensen, Goutam Sahana, Hanne Marie Nielsen and Torsten Nygaard Kristensen
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:21
  47. Resilience is the capacity of an animal to be minimally affected by disturbances or to rapidly return to its initial state before exposure to a disturbance. Resilient livestock are desired because of their imp...

    Authors: Tom V. L. Berghof, Nicolas Bedere, Katrijn Peeters, Marieke Poppe, Jeroen Visscher and Han A. Mulder
    Citation: Genetics Selection Evolution 2024 56:20

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