Discovery of Genomic Characteristics and Selection Signatures in Korean Indigenous Goats Through Comparison of 10 Goat Breeds.

ABSTRACT: Indigenous breeds develop their own genomic characteristics by adapting to local environments or cultures over long periods of time. Most of them are not particularly productive in commercial terms, but they have abilities to survive in harsh environments or tolerate to specific diseases. Their adaptive characteristics play an important role as genetic materials for improving commercial breeds. As a step toward this goal, we analyzed the genome of Korean indigenous goats within 10 goat breeds. We collected 136 goat individuals by sequencing 46 new goats and employing 90 publicly available goats. Our whole-genome data was comprised of three indigenous breeds (Korean indigenous goat, Iranian indigenous goat, and Moroccan indigenous goat; n = 29, 18, 20), six commercial breeds (Saanen,

SUBMITTER: Kim JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694180 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature