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Selection signatures associated with adaptation in South African Drakensberger, Nguni, and Tuli beef breeds.
Tropical animal health and production - 27 Dec 2024
Maxman Gomo, van Marle-Köster Este, Lashmar Simon Frederick, Visser Carina
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In the present study 1,709 cattle, including 1,118 Drakensberger (DRB), 377 Nguni (NGI), and 214 Tuli (TUL), were genotyped using the GeneSeek® Genomic Profiler™ 150 K bovine SNP panel. A genomic data set of 122,632 quality-filtered single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used to identify selection signatures within breeds based on conserved runs of homozygosity (ROH) and heterozygosity (ROHet) estimated with...
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