Genome-wide variation reveal that goats were introduced into Asia via multiple migrations.

ABSTRACT: In recent world-wide studies on the autosomal genetic diversity of goats, Asian goats were represented only by Southwest Asian, Pakistani and Chinese breeds. We have collected 55 K genome-wide SNP genotypes for 12 South/Southeast Asian and 2 central Asian goat populations, and inferred the origin and evolutionary history of Asian goats based on the population genomic analyses. Breed relationships, diversity clines, and coancestry patterns revealed two distinct migration routes separated by the Himalayan mountains: a northern route (Kazakhstan-Mongolia-Xinjiang) and a southern route (Bangladesh-Indochina). These routes tentatively parallel major human migration events across Eurasia. The migrations of goats converge into the Indochina goat populations, which then became the ancestors of the

SUBMITTER: Yonezawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12765025 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature