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A genome-wide scan for signatures of differential artificial selection in ten cattle breeds.
BMC genomics - 21 Dec 2013
Rothammer Sophie, Seichter Doris, Förster Martin, Medugorac Ivica
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Since the times of domestication, cattle have been continually shaped by the influence of humans. Relatively recent history, including breed formation and the still enduring enormous improvement of economically important traits, is expected to have left distinctive footprints of selection within the genome. The purpose of this study was to map genome-wide selection signatures in ten cattle breeds and...
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