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Review
. 2023 Jun 29;12(7):929.
doi: 10.3390/biology12070929.

Coat Color in Local Goats: Influence on Environmental Adaptation and Productivity, and Use as a Selection Criterion

Pablo Arenas-Báez  1 , Glafiro Torres-Hernández  2 , Gabriela Castillo-Hernández  2   3 , Martha Hernández-Rodríguez  2 , Ricardo Alonso Sánchez-Gutiérrez  4 , Samuel Vargas-López  5 , Juan González-Maldonado  6 , Pablo Alfredo Domínguez-Martínez  2   7 , Lorenzo Danilo Granados-Rivera  8 , Jorge Alonso Maldonado-Jáquez  2   9
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Coat Color in Local Goats: Influence on Environmental Adaptation and Productivity, and Use as a Selection Criterion

Pablo Arenas-Báez et al. Biology (Basel). .

Abstract

This paper aims to review, systematically synthesize, and analyze fragmented information about the importance of coat color in local goats and its relationship with productivity and other important traits. Topics on current research on color expression are addressed, the relationship that has as a mechanism of environmental adaptation, its relationship with the production of meat, milk, and derivates, and the economic value of this characteristic. The use of this attribute as a tool to establish selection criteria in breeding programs based on results reported in the scientific literature is significant, particularly for low-income production systems, where the implementation of classic genetic improvement schemes is limited due to the lack of productive information, which is distinctive of extensive marginal or low scaled production systems around the world.

Keywords: genetic improvement; productivity; small farmers.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Diversity of color patterns in local bucks (Capra hircus) from Northern Mexico.
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