Genetic diversity and population structure among six cattle breeds in South Africa using a whole genome SNP panel

SO Makina, FC Muchadeyi, E van Marle-Köster… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Information about genetic diversity and population structure among cattle breeds is essential
for genetic improvement, understanding of environmental adaptation as well as utilization …

Recent demography drives changes in linked selection across the maize genome

TM Beissinger, L Wang, K Crosby, A Durvasula… - Nature plants, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic diversity is shaped by the interaction of drift and selection, but the details of this
interaction are not well understood. The impact of genetic drift in a population is largely …

Genetic architecture and selection of Chinese cattle revealed by whole genome resequencing

C Mei, H Wang, Q Liao, L Wang… - Molecular biology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The bovine genetic resources in China are diverse, but their value and potential are yet to
be discovered. To determine the genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese cattle …

Association weight matrix for the genetic dissection of puberty in beef cattle

MRS Fortes, A Reverter, Y Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
We describe a systems biology approach for the genetic dissection of complex traits based
on applying gene network theory to the results from genome-wide associations. The …

Copy number variation in the bovine genome

J Fadista, B Thomsen, LE Holm, C Bendixen - BMC genomics, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background Copy number variations (CNVs), which represent a significant source
of genetic diversity in mammals, have been shown to be associated with phenotypes of …

BGVD: an integrated database for bovine sequencing variations and selective signatures

N Chen, W Fu, J Zhao, J Shen, Q Chen… - Genomics …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Next-generation sequencing has yielded a vast amount of cattle genomic data for global
characterization of population genetic diversity and identification of genomic regions under …

The domestication makeup: Evolution, survival, and challenges

HI Ahmad, MJ Ahmad, F Jabbir, S Ahmar… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Animal domestication is considered a complex and multistage process that altered
behaviorally, morphologically, and physiologically the domesticates relative to their wild …

Multi-breed genomic evaluation for tropical beef cattle when no pedigree information is available

BJ Hayes, J Copley, E Dodd, EM Ross… - Genetics Selection …, 2023 - Springer
Background It has been challenging to implement genomic selection in multi-breed tropical
beef cattle populations. If commercial (often crossbred) animals could be used in the …

Identification of selection signatures in cattle breeds selected for dairy production

A Stella, P Ajmone-Marsan, B Lazzari, P Boettcher - Genetics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The genomics revolution has spurred the undertaking of HapMap studies of numerous
species, allowing for population genomics to increase the understanding of how selection …

High-resolution haplotype block structure in the cattle genome

R Villa-Angulo, LK Matukumalli, CA Gill, J Choi… - BMC genetics, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Background The Bovine HapMap Consortium has generated assay panels to
genotype~ 30,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 501 animals sampled from …