Assessing Genomic Diversity and Selective Pressures in Bohai Black Cattle Using Whole-Genome Sequencing Data.

ABSTRACT: Bohai Black cattle are one of the well-known cattle breeds with black coat color in China, which are cultivated for beef. However, no study has conducted a comprehensive analysis of genomic diversity and selective pressures in Bohai Black cattle. Here, we performed a comprehensive analysis of genomic variation in 10 Bohai Black cattle (five newly sequenced and five published) and the published whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data of 50 cattle representing five "core" cattle populations. The population structure analysis revealed that Bohai Black cattle harbored the ancestry with European taurine, Northeast Asian taurine, and Chinese indicine. The Bohai Black cattle demonstrated relatively high genomic diversity from the other cattle breeds, as indicated by the nucleotide diversity (pi), the

SUBMITTER: Ma X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8909316 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature