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Genetic diversity and genomic signatures of selection among cattle breeds from Siberia, eastern and northern Europe.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2016
Iso-Touru T, Tapio M, Vilkki J, Kiseleva T, Ammosov I, Ivanova Z, Popov R, Ozerov M, Kantanen J
Abstract excerpt
Domestication in the near eastern region had a major impact on the gene pool of humpless taurine cattle (Bos taurus). As a result of subsequent natural and artificial selection, hundreds of different breeds have evolved, displaying a broad range of phenotypic traits. Here, 10 Eurasian B. taurus breeds from different biogeographic and production conditions, which exhibit different demographic histories and have...
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