Domestication of the now-extinct wild aurochs (Bos primigenius) gave rise to the two major domestic extant cattle taxa—B. taurus and B. indicus. While previous genetic studies have shed some light on
Weining cattle is a Chinese indigenous breed influenced by complex breeding and geographical background. The multi-ethnic breeding culture makes Weining cattle require more attention as livestock reso
BackgroundWith the availability of massive SNP data for several economically important cattle breeds, haplotype tests have been performed to identify unknown recessive disorders. A number of so-called
Copy number variation (CNV) has been considered to be an important source of genetic variation for important phenotypic traits of livestock. In this study, we performed whole-genome CNV detection on S
