Genetic diversity and signatures of selection in BoHuai goat revealed by whole-genome sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cross breeding is an important way to improve livestock performance. As an important livestock and poultry resource in Henan Province of China, Bohuai goat was formed by crossing Boer goat and Huai goat. After more than 20 years of breeding, BoHuai goats showed many advantages, such as fast growth, good reproductive performance, and high meat yield. In order to better develop and protect Bohuai goats, we sequenced the whole genomes of 30 BoHuai goats and 5 Huai goats to analyze the genetic diversity, population structure and genomic regions under selection of BoHuai goat. Furthermore, we used 126 published genomes of world-wide goat to characterize the genomic variation of BoHuai goat.

Results

The results showed that the nucleotide diversity of BoHuai goats was lo

SUBMITTER: Yao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10018941 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature