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Adaptive admixture in the West African bovine hybrid zone: insight from the Borgou population.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2014
Flori Laurence, Thevenon Sophie, Dayo Guiguigbaza-Kossigan, Senou Marcel, Sylla Souleymane, Berthier David, Moazami-Goudarzi Katayoun, Gautier Mathieu
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Understanding the adaptive response to environmental fluctuations represents a central issue in evolutionary biology. Population admixture between divergent ancestries has often been considered as an efficient short-term adaptation strategy. Cattle populations from the West African Bos taurus × Bos indicus hybrid zone represent a valuable resource to characterize the effect of such adaptive admixture at the...
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