Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Animal welfare
Improving offspring survival outcomes for mammalian livestock species
Peta Bradley, Daniel Brown, Kim Bunter, Jo-Anne Harper, David Johnston and Laura Vargovic
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic parameters and genome-wide signals for social network analysis traits from feeder replacement events in beef cattle
Joel Alves, Gustavo Henrique Borges, Luàs Fernando Carneiro Araujo, Maria Eugàªnia Mercadante, Lucio Flavio Mota, Karine Daenquele Pinto, Gustavo Roberto Rodrigues, Tainara Luana Soares and Julia Valente
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Neonatal piglets exhibit differential gene expression in brain and adrenal tissue associated with maternal resilience to social stress
Catherine Ernst, Andrea Luttman and Nancy Raney
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome and its genetic association with repeated skin damage scores
Simone Guimarà£es, Egbert Knol, Natalia Leite, Daniela Lourenco, Arjan Neerhof, Arielly Oliveira Garcia, Renata Rocha and Roos Vogelzang
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Quantifying social genetic variance for feed efficiency in pigs
Joaquim Casellas, Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche, Sara Negro, Pedro Nuà±ez and Luis Varona
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic Evaluation of Sow Reproductive Traits with Selection Based on Free Farrowing Data: Implications for Current and Future Breeding Program
Maja Iversen, Ellen Maud Langmoen-Kosaka, Dan Olsen, Justin Reimer and Laura Vargovic
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
How genetic background and early post-mixing social interactions shape dynamic patterns of dyadic aggression in pigs
Xiaohan Jiang, Janice Siegford and Juan Steibel
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic analysis and simulation of locomotion and social traits in turkeys
Piter Bijma, Peter de With, Harmen Doekes, Patrick Langenhuizen, Jeff Mohr, Ryley Vanderhout, Bram Visser and Zhuoshi Wang
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic relationship between feather cover and survival in crossbred laying hens
ILIYASS BIADA, Cristina Casto Rebollo, David Cavero Pintado and Noelia Ibáà±ez Escriche
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Sensitivity of genomic heritability and predictive ability to SNP-panel reduction in dairy cattle personality traits
Philipp Hasenpusch, Anita Seidel, Georg Thaller and Thore Wilder
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetics of maternal defensive aggressiveness in Swiss Landrace sows
Rick D'Eath, Negar Khayatzadeh, Nicole Maffezzini, Ricardo Pong-Wong, Rainer Roehe and Simon Turner
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic determination of positive and negative social behavioural traits in pigs
Gareth Arnott, Mark Brims, Mhairi Jack, Alena Kadlecova, Alistair Lawrence, Victoria E. Lee, Craig Lewis, Gabriella Lima, Tuan Nguyen, Lucy Oldham, Kenneth Rutherford, Piero Seddaiu, Isaiah Spath and Simon Turner
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Aquaculture
The role of linked genomic architecture in shaping population structure and complex phenotypes in farmed Atlantic salmon
Roberto Carvalheiro, Brad Evans, Hooi Ling Khaw, James Kijas, Curtis Lind, Tim Luke and Wagdy Mekkawy
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Deciphering the genetic architecture of key economic traits in Atlantic cod breeding using a custom designed SNP Array
Muhammad Aslam, à˜yvind hansen, Anne Kettunen and Marie Lillehammer
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Optimisation of genomic selection for harvest traits of Malabar red snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus)
maura carrai, Jose Domingos, Rachel ho, Dean R. Jerry, David B. Jones, purushothaman kathiresan, joyce koh, bing Liang, Grace loo, Cecile Massault, hazim mohamed, maria nayfa, vu nguyen, xueyan shen, celestine terence, saraphina tneo and shubha vij
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Methylome and transcriptome profiles reveal the importance of glycometabolism in thermal plasticity of large yellow croakerÂ
Ning Li, Yanfei Yang, Yichen Li, Yidi Wu and Peng Xu
2026-07-09 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Accounting for Different Ploidy Levels in Trout Genetic Evaluations in a Commercial Breeding Program
Marco Bink, Mario Calus, Katharina Correa, Kasper Janssen, Kyle Martin, Jan ten Napel, Jeremie Vandenplas and Addie Vereijken
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic parameters for survival rate and harvest weight in Litopenaeus vannamei in commercial ponds in Ecuador using genomic relationships
Juana Chuma-Alvarez, Walter Intriago Dàaz and Hugo Horacio Montaldo Valdenegro
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Does selection for growth affect heart morphology in Atlantic Salmon? Evidence from image-based phenotyping
Aqeel Ahmad, Peer Berg, Gareth Difford, Hanne Dvergedal, Nicholas Jacob, Gunnar Klemetsdal, Jørgen à˜degà¥rd, Jisoo Park and Gerrit Timmerhaus
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic architecture of resistance to bacterial cold water disease in rainbow trout is altered in response to genetic changes in causative bacterial pathogen
Jason Evenhuis, Sixin Liu, Roseanna Long, Kyle Martin, Yniv Palti, Shogo Tsuruta, Roger Vallejo and Gregory Wiens
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Selective breeding alters nutritional needs of farmed fish – a model integrating breeding and fish nutrition to support fish welfare
Antti Kause, Tomé Silva and Filipe Soares
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic variation for growth in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) under coinfection
Matt Baranski, Solomon Boison, Binyam Dagnachew, Bjarne Gjerde, Marie Lillehammer and Brand Werner
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency Performance in Large Yellow Croaker
Miaosheng Feng, Pengxin Jiang, Ning Li, Peng Xu and Tao Zhou
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Improving commercial body weight in turbot using records from fish measured under production conditions
Jesús Fernández, Silvia Garcàa-Ballesteros, Elisabet Morales-González and Beatriz Villanueva
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Article
A recursive algorithm for computation of the elements of T-1 required for inverting the numerator relationship for genotyped animals
Azwihangwisi Maiwashe
2026-07-12 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Avian
Phenotypic Differences During Early Development in Gallus gallus
Hailey Hoffman
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genome-wide association studies on growth and fitness traits of a Pekin duck using imputed genotypes
Fasil Kebede, Andreas Kranis, Oswald Matika, Kiah McIntosh, Anne Rae and Eirini Tarsani
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Phenotypic and genomic characterization of body weight traits of African chickens reared under semi-scavenging conditions
Georgios Banos, Pourya Davoudi, Tadelle Dessie, Wondmeneh Esatu, Mekonnen Girma, Olivier Hanotte, Birhan Kassa, Fasil Kebede, Bersabhe Solomon, Eirini Tarsani and Kellie Watson
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic Characterization of the Chicken TAPBP Gene and Its Haplotypic Association with BF2 in the Major Histocompatibility Complex
Trisha Agulto, Eunjin Cho, Roshani Fernando, Andy van Hateren, Jaewon Kim and Jun Heon Lee
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Investigating the Genetic Background of Northern Fowl Mite Infestation on Cage-Free Laying Hens.
Luiz Brito, Marisa Erasmus, Amy Murillo, Hinayah Oliveria, Elaina Sculley, Hayley Sutherland and Anna Wolc
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic Analysis of Egg Production and Quality Traits in Indigenous Tanzanian Chickens
Esinam Amuzu-Aweh, Gaspar Chiwanga, Nadira Chouicha, Jack Dekkers, Rodrigo Gallardo, Terra Kelly, Susan Lamont, Tapiwanashe Magwaba, Esther Mollel, Peter Msoffe, Amandus Muhairwa, James Mushi, Muhammed Walugembe, Anna Wolc and Huaijun Zhou
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
SIRT1 attenuates the host resistance to Salmonella by negatively regulating the immune response in chicken
qianmei Gao and Qinghe Li
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Identification of a novel candidate gene for female puberty in birds
Q. L. Wang, X. Q. Wang, Y. C. Dai, Y. C. Yang, S. B. Zhang, Q. P. Wang, C. L. Wen, C. J. Sun, Z. T. Yin and N. Yang
2026-07-10 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Standardization of slaughter by live weight in Caipira slow-growing broilers using nonlinear mixed models and genetic parameters for growth and carcass traits
Júlio Cesar Balieiro, Felipe Dilelis de Rezende Souza, Vamilton Franzo, Leonardo Mazzero, Gerson Mourà£o, Luciara de Paiva and Ricardo Ventura
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Faecal Microbiome Comparison of Two Goose Breeds Under Identical Rearing Conditions
Kamila Kłos, Anna Koseniuk, Maria Oczkowicz and Katarzyna Połtowicz
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genome-wide association study of bone integrity traits of femur in broiler chicken
Salvador Boccaletti Ramos, Sabrina Caetano, Diana Carvalho, Mônica Corràªa Ledur, Jane de Oliveira Peixoto, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho, Adriana Mércia Guaratini Ibelli and Danàsio Prado Munari
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Growth and production performance of crossbred chicken providing similar nutritional plane
M Sarker
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genomic characteristics of heat tolerance-related variations among native and commercial chicken populations
Eunjin Cho, Roshani Fernando, Jaewon Kim, Jinhyeong Kim, Eunjung lee and Jun Heon Lee
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genome-Wide Association Study of Growth and Feed Efficiency in Commercial Broiler Chickens
Behnam Abasht
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Beef cattle
Genomic selection models for functional longevity in Brazilian Angus cattle
Gabriel Campos, Fernando Cardoso, Vinicius Junqueira, Daniela Lourenco and Hinayah Oliveria
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Assessment of genetic parameters and trends for growth, carcass, reproductive, feed-efficiency, and methane-emission traits in an experimental beef cattle population over four decades of selection
Joel Alves, Sarah Bonilha, Luiz Brito, Roberta Canesin, Joslaine Cyrillo, Fabieli Feitosa, Maria Eugàªnia Mercadante, Lucio Flavio Mota, Karine Daenquele Pinto, Gustavo Roberto Rodrigues, Tainara Luana Soares and Julia Valente
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genetic Insights into Bovine Eosinophilic Myositis: From Field Data to Genomic Selection Strategies
Sabrina Arrieudarre, Aurélia Baur, Mekki Boussaha, Marie Drouet, Clémentine Escouflaire, Sébastien Fritz, Cécile GROHS, Hélène Leclerc, Pauline Martin, Nicolas Oudot, Pauline Plasse and Rémi Salesses
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Structural Soundness Matters: Genomic Evaluation of Functional Morphology in Nellore Cattle
Milena Campos, Raphael Costa, Jorge Hidalgo, Henrique Mulim, Eduarda Oliveira and Hinayah Oliveria
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Residual Genomic Breeding Values as Indicators of Heat Resilience in a Beef on Dairy Population
Nader Deeb, Gabriela Gouveia, Jocelyn Johnson, Virginia Ribeiro, Pablo Ross, Adam Utsunomiya, Yuri Utsunomiya and Matheus Vieira
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genomic autosomal contribution to total additive and non-additive genetic effects for carcass weight and beef marbling in Japanese Black cattle
Hiroyuki Hirooka, Keiichi Inoue, Yuu Kishida, Motohide Nishio and Masayuki Takeda
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Disentangling the effects of heterosis on cow fertility traits in American Beefmaster cattle
Lance Bauer, Cassidy Catrett and Troy Rowan
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Evaluation of Impact of Genomic Data on EBV in Large Multi-breed Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation
Ryan Boldt and Dorian Garrick
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026
Genomic analysis of weight gain in crossbred dairy calves
Christine Baes, Isis Hermisdorff, David Renaud, Flavio Schenkel, Lucas Silva Ferlin Lopes and Michael Steele
2026-02-25 Volume 2026 • Issue 1 • 2026