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Deleterious protein-coding variants in diverse cattle breeds of the world.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 15 Oct 2021
Subramanian Sankar
Abstract excerpt
The domestication of wild animals has resulted in a reduction in effective population sizes, which can affect the deleterious mutation load of domesticated breeds. In addition, artificial selection contributes to the accumulation of deleterious mutations because of an increased rate of inbreeding among domesticated animals. Since founder population sizes and artificial selection differ between cattle breeds,...
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