Global genetic diversity, introgression, and evolutionary adaptation of indicine cattle revealed by whole genome sequencing

N Chen, X **a, Q Hanif, F Zhang, R Dang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Indicine cattle, also referred to as zebu (Bos taurus indicus), play a central role in pastoral
communities across a wide range of agro-ecosystems, from extremely hot semiarid regions …

Global dispersal and adaptive evolution of domestic cattle: a genomic perspective

X **a, K Qu, Y Wang, MHS Sinding, F Wang, Q Hanif… - Stress Biology, 2023 - Springer
Domestic cattle have spread across the globe and inhabit variable and unpredictable
environments. They have been exposed to a plethora of selective pressures and have …

Structural variation and introgression from wild populations in East Asian cattle genomes confer adaptation to local environment

X **a, F Zhang, S Li, X Luo, L Peng, Z Dong, H Pausch… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Structural variations (SVs) in individual genomes are major
determinants of complex traits, including adaptability to environmental variables. The …

A Chinese indicine pangenome reveals a wealth of novel structural variants introgressed from other Bos species

X Dai, P Bian, D Hu, F Luo, Y Huang, S Jiao… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
Chinese indicine cattle harbor a much higher genetic diversity compared with other
domestic cattle, but their genome architecture remains uninvestigated. Using PacBio HiFi …

The genomic natural history of the aurochs

C Rossi, MHS Sinding, VE Mullin, A Scheu, JAM Erven… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Now extinct, the aurochs (Bos primigenius) was a keystone species in prehistoric Eurasian
and North African ecosystems, and the progenitor of cattle (Bos taurus), domesticates that …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in Whole Genome Sequencing: Methods, Tools, and Applications in Population Genomics

Y Lu, M Li, Z Gao, H Ma, Y Chong, J Hong… - International Journal of …, 2025 - mdpi.com
With the rapid advancement of high-throughput sequencing technologies, whole genome
sequencing (WGS) has emerged as a crucial tool for studying genetic variation and …

Genome assembly of wisent (Bison bonasus) uncovers a deletion that likely inactivates the THRSP gene

C Bortoluzzi, XM Mapel, S Neuenschwander… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The wisent (Bison bonasus) is Europe's largest land mammal. We produced a HiFi read-
based wisent assembly with a contig N50 value of 91 Mb containing 99.7% of the highly …

Ancestral alleles defined for 70 million cattle variants using a population-based likelihood ratio test

J Dorji, A Reverter, PA Alexandre… - Genetics Selection …, 2024 - Springer
Background The study of ancestral alleles provides insights into the evolutionary history,
selection, and genetic structures of a population. In cattle, ancestral alleles are widely used …

[HTML][HTML] Local Ancestry and Adaptive Introgression in **angnan Cattle

H Yan, J Li, K Zhang, H Duan, A Sun, B Zhang, F Li… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Exploring the genetic landscape of native cattle is an exciting avenue for elucidating
nuanced patterns of genetic variation and adaptive dynamics. **angnan cattle, a native …

Temperature adaptation patterns in Chinese cattle revealed by TRPM2 gene mutation analysis

D Liu, Y Yang, Z Chen, Y Fan, J Liu, Y Xu… - Animal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Cattle are sensitive to temperature fluctuations but adapt well to inclement weather
conditions. When environmental temperatures exceed specific thresholds, heat stress …