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Selection signatures in tropical cattle are enriched for promoter and coding regions and reveal missense mutations in the damage response gene HELB.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 27 May 2020
Naval-Sánchez Marina, Porto-Neto Laercio R, Cardoso Diercles F, Hayes Ben J, Daetwyler Hans D, Kijas James, Reverter Antonio
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BACKGROUND: Distinct domestication events, adaptation to different climatic zones, and divergent selection in productive traits have shaped the genomic differences between taurine and indicine cattle. In this study, we assessed the impact of artificial selection and environmental adaptation by comparing whole-genome sequences from European taurine and Asian indicine breeds and from African cattle. Next, we...
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