[HTML][HTML] African indigenous cattle: unique genetic resources in a rapidly changing world

O Mwai, O Hanotte, YJ Kwon, S Cho - Asian-Australasian journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Fasciola, lymnaeids and human fascioliasis, with a global overview on disease transmission, epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, molecular epidemiology and …

S Mas‐Coma, MA Valero, MD Bargues - Advances in parasitology, 2009 - Elsevier
Fascioliasis, caused by liver fluke species of the genus Fasciola, has always been well
recognized because of its high veterinary impact but it has been among the most neglected …

Runs of homozygosity and population history in cattle

DC Purfield, DP Berry, S McParland, DG Bradley - BMC genetics, 2012 - Springer
Background Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are contiguous lengths of homozygous genotypes
that are present in an individual due to parents transmitting identical haplotypes to their …

Worldwide patterns of ancestry, divergence, and admixture in domesticated cattle

JE Decker, SD McKay, MM Rolf, JW Kim… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The domestication and development of cattle has considerably impacted human societies,
but the histories of cattle breeds and populations have been poorly understood especially …

Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent

MP Verdugo, VE Mullin, A Scheu, V Mattiangeli… - Science, 2019 - science.org
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 …

Assembly of a pangenome for global cattle reveals missing sequences and novel structural variations, providing new insights into their diversity and evolutionary …

Y Zhou, L Yang, X Han, J Han, Y Hu, F Li… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
A cattle pangenome representation was created based on the genome sequences of 898
cattle representing 57 breeds. The pangenome identified 83 Mb of sequence not found in …

Physiological and cellular adaptations of zebu cattle to thermal stress

PJ Hansen - Animal reproduction science, 2004 - Elsevier
During their separate evolution from Bos taurus, zebu cattle (Bos indicus) have acquired
genes that confer thermotolerance at the physiological and cellular levels. Cattle from zebu …

The origin of the domestic pig: independent domestication and subsequent introgression

E Giuffra, JMH Kijas, V Amarger, Ö Carlborg, JT Jeon… - Genetics, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The domestic pig originates from the Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa). We have sequenced
mitochondrial DNA and nuclear genes from wild and domestic pigs from Asia and Europe …

DNA markers reveal the complexity of livestock domestication

MW Bruford, DG Bradley, G Luikart - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2003 - nature.com
A series of recent genetic studies has revealed the remarkably complex picture of
domestication in both New World and Old World livestock. By comparing mitochondrial and …

Domestication of cattle: Two or three events?

D Pitt, N Sevane, EL Nicolazzi… - Evolutionary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …