At least 150 indigenous African cattle breeds have been named, but the majority of African
cattle populations remain largely uncharacterized. As cattle breeds and populations in Africa …

Recombination is a central biological process with implications for many areas in the life
sciences. Yet we are only beginning to appreciate variation in the recombination rate along …

The software Treemix has become extensively used to estimate the number of migration
events, or edges (m), on population trees from genome-wide allele frequency data …

Cattle domestication and the complex histories of East Asian cattle breeds warrant further
investigation. Through analysing the genomes of 49 modern breeds and eight East Asian …

Genome-wide analysis of 67 ancient Near Eastern cattle, Bos taurus, remains reveals
regional variation that has since been obscured by admixture in modern populations …

Abstract Background The history of African indigenous cattle and their adaptation to
environmental and human selection pressure is at the root of their remarkable diversity …

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 …

Domestication and selection are the major driving forces responsible for the determinative
genetic variability in livestock. These selection patterns create unique genetic signatures …

Background Domestication of the now-extinct wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, gave rise to the
two major domestic extant cattle taxa, B. taurus and B. indicus. While previous genetic …

Donkeys transformed human history as essential beasts of burden for long-distance
movement, especially across semi-arid and upland environments. They remain insufficiently …