Continent-wide genomic analysis of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).

ABSTRACT: The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a wild bovid with a historical distribution across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Genomic analysis can provide insights into the evolutionary history of the species, and the key selective pressures shaping populations, including assessment of population level differentiation, population fragmentation, and population genetic structure. In this study we generated the highest quality de novo genome assembly (2.65 Gb, scaffold N50 69.17 Mb) of African buffalo to date, and sequenced a further 195 genomes from across the species distribution. Principal component and admixture analyses provided little support for the currently described four subspecies. Estimating Effective Migration Surfaces analysis suggested that geographical barriers have played a signifi

SUBMITTER: Talenti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11217449 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature