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Genetic diversity and population history of eight Italian beef cattle breeds using measures of autozygosity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Fabbri Maria Chiara, Dadousis Christos, Tiezzi Francesco, Maltecca Christian, Lozada-Soto Emmanuel, Biffani Stefano, Bozzi Riccardo
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, GeneSeek GGP-LDv4 33k single nucleotide polymorphism chip was used to detect runs of homozygosity (ROH) in eight Italian beef cattle breeds, six breeds with distribution limited to Tuscany (Calvana, Mucca Pisana, Pontremolese) or Sardinia (Sarda, Sardo Bruna and Sardo Modicana) and two cosmopolitan breeds (Charolais and Limousine). ROH detection analyses were used to estimate autozygosity...
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