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Genome-wide variability and selection signatures in Italian island cattle breeds.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2018
Cesarani A, Sorbolini S, Criscione A, Bordonaro S, Pulina G, Battacone G, Marletta D, Gaspa G, Macciotta N P P
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, a sample of 88 animals belonging to four local (Modicana, Sarda, Sardo-Bruna and Sardo-Modicana) and one cosmopolitan (Italian Brown Swiss) cattle breeds were genotyped with a medium density SNP beadchip and compared to investigate their genetic diversity and the existence of selection signatures. A total of 43 012 SNPs distributed across all 29 autosomal chromosomes were retained after data...
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