His present research interests include the molecular diversity of cattle, sheep, goat, water buffalo, horse and elephants by analysis of mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal DNA variation, microsatellites and high-density SNP datasets. This work is carried out in close collaboration with several European, American and Asian researchers. He considers the use of genomic data and the development of tools to translate these to biologically relevant conclusions as the present challenge. He is author or coauthor of 131 refereed publications. Since 2014 he is Editor-in-Chief of Animal Genetics