Cattle are our most important livestock species because of their production and role in
human culture. Many breeds that differ in appearance, performance and environmental …

Simple Summary After domestication in specific regions, livestock followed human
migrations and colonized the whole world. During this population expansion, human and …

Cattle have been invaluable for the transition of human society from nomadic hunter‐
gatherers to sedentary farming communities throughout much of Europe, Asia and Africa …

Across the globe, an expanding circle of care is encompassing a growing number of species
through efforts targeting biodiversity, profoundly revising the line between humans and …

Before the arrival of Europeans, domestic cattle (Bos taurus) did not exist in the Americas,
and most of our knowledge about how domestic bovines first arrived in the Western …

Cattle imported from the Iberian Peninsula spread throughout America in the early years of
discovery and colonization to originate Creole breeds, which adapted to a wide diversity of …

Cattle were first introduced to the Western Hemisphere in 1493 and by subsequent
introductions from the Iberian Peninsula, providing the genetic background of the American …

Evolutionary adaptations are occasionally convergent solutions to the same problem. A
mutation contributing to a heat tolerance adaptation in Senepol cattle, a New World breed of …

Structural variants play an important role in evolutionary processes. Besides, they constitute
a large source of inter individual genetic variation that might represent a major factor in the …

Mycobacterium bovis is the main causative agent of zoonotic tuberculosis in humans and
frequently devastates livestock and wildlife worldwide. Previous studies suggested the …