Combining Landscape Genomics and Ecological Modelling to Investigate Local Adaptation of Indigenous Ugandan Cattle to East Coast Fever

Combining Landscape Genomics and Ecological Modelling to Investigate Local Adaptation of Indigenous Ugandan Cattle to East Coast Fever

East Coast fever (ECF) is a fatal sickness affecting cattle populations of eastern, central, and southern Africa. The disease is transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, and caused by the protozoan Theileria parva parva, which invades host lymphocytes and promotes their clonal expansion...

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Main Authors: Elia Vajana, Mario Barbato, Licia Colli, Marco Milanesi, Estelle Rochat, Enrico Fabrizi, Christopher Mukasa, Marcello Del Corvo, Charles Masembe, Vincent B. Muwanika, Fredrick Kabi, Tad Stewart Sonstegard, Heather Jay Huson, Riccardo Negrini, The NextGen Consortium, Stéphane Joost, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
local adaptation
landscape genomics
species distribution modelling
indigenous cattle
East Coast fever
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00385/full

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