title: Identification of selection signatures in livestock species.
abstract: The identification of regions that have undergone selection is one of the principal goals of theoretical and applied evolutionary genetics. Such studies can also provide information about the evolutionary processes involved in shaping genomes, as well as physical and functional information about genes/genomic regions. Domestication followed by breed formation and selection schemes has allowed the formation of very diverse livestock breeds adapted to a wide variety of environments and with special characteristics. The advances in genomics in the last five years have enabled the development of several methods to detect selection signatures and have resulted in the publication of a considerable number of studies involving livestock species. The aims of this review are to describe the principal effects of natural/artificial selection on livestock genomes, to present the main methods used to detect selection signatures and to discuss some recent results in this area. This review should be useful also to research scientists working with wild animals/non-domesticated species and plant biologists working with breeding and evolutionary biology.
authors: Colegiado Acadêmico de Zootecnia , Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco , Petrolina, PE , Brazil . ; Programa de Doutorado Integrado em Zootecnia , Universidade Federal do Ceará , Fortaleza, CE , Brazil .
authors: João José
authors: JJ
authors: de Simoni Gouveia
authors: Embrapa Gado de Leite , Juiz de Fora, MG , Brazil .
authors: Marcos Vinicius Gualberto Barbosa
authors: MV
authors: da Silva
authors: Embrapa Sede , Secretaria de Relações Internacionais , Brasília, DF , Brazil .
authors: Samuel Rezende
authors: SR
authors: Paiva
authors: Departamento de Zootecnia , Universidade Federal do Ceará , Fortaleza, CE , Brazil .
authors: Sônia Maria Pinheiro
authors: SM
authors: de Oliveira
keywords: artificial selection; domestic animals; selective sweep