Breed Ancestry, Divergence, Admixture, and Selection Patterns of the Simbra Crossbreed

In this study, we evaluated an admixed South African Simbra crossbred population, as well as the Brahman (Indicine) and Simmental (Taurine) ancestor populations to understand their genetic architecture and detect genomic regions showing signatures of selection. Animals were genotyped using the Illum...

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Main Authors: Magriet A. van der Nest, Nompilo Hlongwane, Khanyisile Hadebe, Wai-Yin Chan, Nicolaas A. van der Merwe, Lieschen De Vos, Ben Greyling, Bhaveni B. Kooverjee, Pranisha Soma, Edgar F. Dzomba, Michael Bradfield, Farai C. Muchadeyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2020.608650/full