• A genome-wide association study of mare fertility in the Pura Raza Español horse 

      Laseca, Nora; Demyda-Peyrás, S.; Valera Córdoba, M.; Ramón, M.; Escribano, Begoña M.; Perdomo-González, Davinia I.; Molina, Antonio (Elsevier, 2022)
      Despite the economic importance of fertility for the horse industry, few efforts have been made to achieve a better understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying its control. This is probably due to the difficulty of ...
    • Fine-Scale Analysis of Runs of Homozygosity Islands Affecting Fertility in Mares 

      Laseca, Nora; Molina Alcalá, Antonio; Ramón, M.; Valera, M.; Azcona, Florencia; Encina, Ana; Demyda-Peyrás, S. (Frontiers, 2022)
      The loss of genetic variability in livestock populations bred under strict selection processes is a growing concern, as it may lead to increased inbreeding values and lower fertility, as a consequence of the “inbreeding ...