Harmful mutation load in the mitochondrial genomes of cattle breeds

Abstract Objective Domestication of wild animals results in a reduction in the effective population size, and this could affect the deleterious mutation load of domesticated breeds. Furthermore, artificial selection will also contribute to the accumulation of deleterious mutations due to the increas...

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Main Author: Sankar Subramanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05664-y

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