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Introgression, admixture, and selection facilitate genetic adaptation to high-altitude environments in cattle.
Genomics - 1 May 2021
Wang Xiuge, Ju Zhihua, Jiang Qiang, Zhong Jifeng, Liu Chengkun, Wang Jinpeng, Hoff Jesse L, Schnabel Robert D, Zhao Han, Gao Yaping, Liu Wenhao, Wang Lingling, Gao Yundong, Yang Chunhong, Hou Minghai, Huang Ning, Regitano Luciana C A, Porto-Neto Laercio R, Decker Jared E, Taylor Jeremy F, Huang Jinming
Abstract excerpt
Domestication and subsequent selection of cattle to form breeds and biological types that can adapt to different environments partitioned ancestral genetic diversity into distinct modern lineages. Genome-wide selection particularly for adaptation to extreme environments left detectable signatures genome-wide. We used high-density genotype data for 42 cattle breeds and identified the influence of Bos grunniens and...
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