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Selection signatures of Qinchuan cattle based on whole-genome sequences.
Animal biotechnology - 1 Nov 2023
Wang Sihu, Raza Sayed Haidar Abbas, Zhang Ke, Mei Chugang, Alamoudi Muna O, Aloufi Bandar H, Alshammari Ahmed Mohajja, Zan Linsen
Abstract excerpt
Qinchuan cattle has gradually improved in body shape and growth rate in the long-term breeding process from the draft cattle to beef cattle. As the head of the five local yellow cattle in China, the Qinchuan cattle has been designated as a specialized beef cattle breed. We investigated the selection signatures using whole genome sequencing data in Qinchuan cattle. Based on Fst, we detected hundreds of candidate...
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