Human-Mediated Introgression of Haplotypes in a Modern Dairy Cattle Breed.

ABSTRACT: Domestic animals can serve as model systems of adaptive introgression and their genomic signatures. In part, their usefulness as model systems is due to their well-known histories. Different breeding strategies such as introgression and artificial selection have generated numerous desirable phenotypes and superior performance in domestic animals. The modern Danish Red Dairy Cattle is studied as an example of an introgressed population. It originates from crossing the traditional Danish Red Dairy Cattle with the Holstein and Brown Swiss breeds, both known for high milk production. This crossing happened, among other things due to changes in the production system, to raise milk production and overall performance. The genomes of modern Danish Red Dairy Cattle are heavily influenced by regions

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6063242 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature