Article
Worldwide patterns of ancestry, divergence, and admixture in domesticated cattle.
PLoS genetics - 1 Mar 2014
Decker Jared E, McKay Stephanie D, Rolf Megan M, Kim Jaewoo, Molina Alcalá Antonio, Sonstegard Tad S, Hanotte Olivier, Götherström Anders, Seabury Christopher M, Praharani Lisa, Babar Masroor Ellahi, Correia de Almeida Regitano Luciana, Yildiz Mehmet Ali, Heaton Michael P, Liu Wan-Sheng, Lei Chu-Zhao, Reecy James M, Saif-Ur-Rehman Muhammad, Schnabel Robert D, Taylor Jeremy F
Abstract excerpt
The domestication and development of cattle has considerably impacted human societies, but the histories of cattle breeds and populations have been poorly understood especially for African, Asian, and American breeds. Using genotypes from 43,043 autosomal single nucleotide polymorphism markers scored in 1,543 animals, we evaluate the population structure of 134 domesticated bovid breeds. Regardless of the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Animals, Domestic
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans