Various sheep breeds have distinct characteristics: some are kept for milk and food products, while others are bred for meat. Social by nature, sheep live in groups called flocks and primarily ...

Genome-wide SNP panels for sheep, pigs and horses have also recently become available. In the decades before the advent of GWA studies, genes affecting production and fitness traits in domestic ...

But after years of breeding sheep through genetics ... the group introduced wool shedding and disease-resistance traits from a selection of breeds around the world to create the Exlana.