Assessing the genetic background and genomic relatedness of red cattle populations originating from Northern Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Local cattle breeds need special attention, as they are valuable reservoirs of genetic diversity. Appropriate breeding decisions and adequate genomic management of numerically smaller populations are required for their conservation. At this point, the analysis of dense genome-wide marker arrays provides encompassing insights into the genomic constitution of livestock populations. We have analyzed the genetic characterization of ten cattle breeds originating from Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark belonging to the group of red dairy breeds in Northern Europe. The results are intended to provide initial evidence on whether joint genomic breeding strategies of these populations will be successful.

Results

Traditional Danish Red and Groningen White-Headed were the m

SUBMITTER: Schmidtmann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936461 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature