Unraveling the Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Bangladeshi Indigenous Cattle Populations Using 50K SNP Markers.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the genetic basis of locally adapted indigenous cattle populations is essential to design appropriate strategies and programs for their genetic improvement and conservation. Here, we report genetic diversity measures, population differentiation, and structure of 218 animals sampled from six indicine cattle populations of Bangladesh. Animals were genotyped with Illumina Bovine SNP50K BeadChip along with genotyped data of 505 individuals included from 19 zebu and taurine breeds worldwide. The principal component analysis (PCA) showed clear geographic separation between taurine and indicine lineages where Bangladeshi indigenous cattle clustered with South Asian zebu populations. However, overlapped clusters in PCA, heterozygosity estimates, and Neighbor-Joining phylogenetic tree

SUBMITTER: Bhuiyan MSA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8388693 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature