Low-pass whole-genome sequencing reveals genomic diversity and ecotype-specific adaptation in indigenous Tigrayan chickens.

Abstract excerpt

Indigenous chickens play a critical role in food security and climate resilience in smallholder systems, yet their genomic diversity and adaptive potential remain insufficiently characterised. This study employed low-pass whole-genome sequencing (LP-WGS; 0.2-1.99×) to investigate genomic diversity, population structure, inbreeding and candidate environment-associated genomic variation in 33 chickens from...

Topics

• Animals
• Chickens
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Whole Genome Sequencing
• Ecotype
• Ethiopia