A Meta-Assembly of Selection Signatures in Cattle.

Since domestication, significant genetic improvement has been achieved for many traits of commercial importance in cattle, including adaptation, appearance and production. In response to such intense selection pressures, the bovine genome has undergone changes at the underlying regions of functional...

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Main Authors: Imtiaz A S Randhawa, Mehar S Khatkar, Peter C Thomson, Herman W Raadsma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4821596?pdf=render