Selection and Drift: A Comparison between Historic and Recent Dutch Friesian Cattle and Recent Holstein Friesian Using WGS Data.

ABSTRACT: Over the last century, genetic diversity in many cattle breeds has been affected by the replacement of traditional local breeds with just a few milk-producing breeds. In the Netherlands, the local Dutch Friesian breed (DF) has gradually been replaced by the Holstein Friesian breed (HF). The objective of this study is to investigate genomewide genetic diversity between a group of historically and recently used DF bulls and a group of recently used HF bulls. Genetic material of 12 historic (hDF), 12 recent DF bulls (rDF), and 12 recent HF bulls (rHF) in the Netherlands was sequenced. Based on the genomic information, different parameters-e.g., allele frequencies, inbreeding coefficient, and runs of homozygosity (ROH)-were calculated. Our findings showed that a large amount of diversity is sh

SUBMITTER: Hulsegge I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8833835 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature