Diversifying selection signatures among divergently selected subpopulations of Polish Red cattle.

ABSTRACT: Polish Red cattle is one of the few indigenous breeds of European red cattle which is characterized by several desired features, such as high disease resistance, good health, longevity, good fertility, and high nutritional value of milk. Currently, Polish Red cattle population is a subject of two independent breeding programs: (i) improvement program and (ii) genetic resources conservation program. The aim of the improvement program is the genetic progress in terms of milk production and body conformation traits, while the conservation program mainly focuses on protection of the genetic resources of Polish Red cattle and preservation of the existing, original gene pool. By the analysis of F_ST genetic distances across genome-wide SNP panel, we detected diversifying selection sign

SUBMITTER: Gurgul A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6373403 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature