Due to its rarity and unique biological traits, as well as its growing financial value, milk of dairy Greek small ruminants is continuously attracting interest from both the scientific community and industry. For the construction of the present dataset, cutting-edge proteomics methodologies were employed, in order to investigate and characterize, for the first time, the milk whey proteome from ...

The present investigation has been undertaken to study the Hemoglobin and Transferrin polymorphisms in indigenous goat breed Salem Black of Tamil Nadu. A total of fifty blood samples from the adult male and female local breed of Salem Black goats were collected, among which 40 samples from Mecheri Sheep Research Station, Pottaneri, Salem and 10 samples from Institutional Livestock Farming Compl...

BACKGROUND Researchers are required to seek consent from Indigenous communities prior to conducting research but there is inadequate information about how Indigenous people understand and become fully engaged with this consent process. Few studies evaluate the preference or understanding of the consent process for research with Indigenous populations. Lack of informed consent can impact on rese...

Background A study of disability among the indigenous Sami people in Norway presented a number of ethical and methodological challenges rarely addressed in the literature. Objectives The main study was designed to examine and understand the everyday life, transitions between life stages and democratic participation of Norwegian Sami people experiencing disability. Hence, the purpose of this art...

Thematic BLOCKINarea/programme Gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge Location United Republic of Tanzania, Mozambique and Swaziland Beneficiaries Researchers and development workers from governmental and non-governmental institutions Executing BLOCKINagency/agencies Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Implementing BLOCKINagency/ agencies FAO together with numero...

Background: Many genomic imprinting left during long-term selective evolution may drive the formation of important economical traits introduced and indigenous sheep breeds. Methods: In this study, OvineSNP50 BeadChip data breeds GMM DOR breed Sunit were downloaded from public databases. Selective sweep base on Pi Fst strategy initially screened for a number candidate genes that could explain ge...

Anthropogenic activities, including the intentional releases of fish for enhancing populations (stocking), are recognized as adversely impacting the adaptive potential of wild populations. Here, the genetic characteristics of European barbel Barbus barbus were investigated using 18 populations in England, where it is indigenous to eastern-flowing rivers and where stocking has been used to enhan...