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A cattle graph genome incorporating global breed diversity.
Nature communications - 17 Feb 2022
Talenti A, Powell J, Hemmink J D, Cook E A J, Wragg D, Jayaraman S, Paxton E, Ezeasor C, Obishakin E T, Agusi E R, Tijjani A, Amanyire W, Muhanguzi D, Marshall K, Fisch A, Ferreira B R, Qasim A, Chaudhry U, Wiener P, Toye P, Morrison L J, Connelley T, Prendergast J G D
Abstract excerpt
Despite only 8% of cattle being found in Europe, European breeds dominate current genetic resources. This adversely impacts cattle research in other important global cattle breeds, especially those from Africa for which genomic resources are particularly limited, despite their disproportionate importance to the continent's economies. To mitigate this issue, we have generated assemblies of African breeds, which...
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