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Distinct adaptation and ancestral retention signals in African and European indigenous cattle genomes.
Communications biology - 19 Mar 2026
Gao Junxin, Ginja Catarina, Liu Ying, Kantanen Juha, Ghanem Nasser, Kugonza Donald, Makgahlela Mahlako, Okwasiimire Rodney, Bovenhuis Henk, Groenen Martien A M, Crooijmans Richard P M A
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Domestic cattle (Bos taurus and Bos indicus) underpin food security and livelihoods worldwide but face intensifying pressures from climate change, infectious disease, and inconsistent feed supplies. African and European indigenous cattle provide a natural comparative framework spanning gradients of climate, pathogen burden, and husbandry, and possess genomic mosaics comprising African taurine, European taurine,...
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