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Genome-wide analysis reveals the ancient and recent admixture history of East African Shorthorn Zebu from Western Kenya

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Title Genome-wide analysis reveals the ancient and recent admixture history of East African Shorthorn Zebu from Western Kenya
 
Creator Mbole-Kariuki, Mary N.
Sonstegard, T.S.
Orth, Alan S.
Thumbi, S.M.
Bronsvoort, B.M. de C.
Kiara, Henry K.
Toye, Philip G.
Conradie, I.
Jennings, A.
Coetzer, K.
Woolhouse, Mark E.J.
Hanotte, Olivier H.
Tapio, M.
 
Subject cattle
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Description The Kenyan East African zebu cattle are valuable and widely used genetic resources. Previous studies using microsatellite loci revealed the complex history of these populations with the presence of taurine and zebu genetic backgrounds. Here, we estimate at genome-wide level the genetic composition and population structure of the East African Shorthorn Zebu (EASZ) of western Kenya. A total of 548 EASZ from 20 sub-locations were genotyped using the Illumina BovineSNP50 v. 1 beadchip. STRUCTURE analysis reveals admixture with Asian zebu, African and European taurine cattle. The EASZ were separated into three categories: substantial (greater than or equal to12.5%), moderate (1.56%
 
Date 2014-10
2014-05-13T05:09:28Z
2014-05-13T05:09:28Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mbole-Kariuki, M.N., Sonstegard, T., Orth, A., Thumbi, S.M., Bronsvoort, B. M. de C., Kiara, H., Toye, P., Conradie, I., Jennings, A., Coetzer, K., Woolhouse, M.E.J. , Hanotte, O. and Tapio, M. 2014. Genome-wide analysis reveals the ancient and recent admixture history of East African Shorthorn Zebu from Western Kenya. Heredity 113: 297-305.
0018-067X
1365-2540
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35610
https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2014.31
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-3.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 297-305
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
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