Validation of selection signatures for coat color in the Podolica Italiana gray cattle breed.

ABSTRACT: Taurine and indicine gray cattle represent relevant livestock resources in many countries of the world. A gray coat color and pigmented skin, which are common in most of the gray cattle breeds, have been demonstrated to confer better adaptation to solar radiation and thermal stresses. In a previous study adopting the F_ST-outlier approach with BayeScan v2.0, we identified differentially selected genomic regions in a set of gray cattle breeds, including the Podolica Italiana, and contrasted these findings with four non-gray cattle breeds. More supported signals were detected on bovine chromosomes (BTAs) 2, 4, 14, and 26 that encompassed more than fifty genes known to be directly or indirectly related to one or more steps in pigment biology. In the present study, we aimed to valida

SUBMITTER: Bruno S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11663911 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature