Whole-genome resequencing reveals world-wide ancestry and adaptive introgression events of domesticated cattle in East Asia

Whole-genome resequencing reveals world-wide ancestry and adaptive introgression events of domesticated cattle in East Asia

There are various indigenous cattle breeds in East Asia which have a complex history. Here, the authors analyse the genomes of 49 modern breeds and eight ancient samples and identify three distinct ancestries and multiple adaptive introgressions from other bovine species.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ningbo Chen, Yudong Cai, Qiuming Chen, Ran Li, Kun Wang, Yongzhen Huang, Songmei Hu, Shisheng Huang, Hucai Zhang, Zhuqing Zheng, Weining Song, Zhijie Ma, Yun Ma, Ruihua Dang, Zijing Zhang, Lei Xu, Yutang Jia, Shanzhai Liu, Xiangpeng Yue, Weidong Deng, Xiaoming Zhang, Zhouyong Sun, Xianyong Lan, Jianlin Han, Hong Chen, Daniel G Bradley, Yu Jiang, Chuzhao Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04737-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04737-0

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