Supplementary data to publication "A comparative study on recombination activity in cattle" (Genet Sel Evol)

Genetic diversity among cattle breeds exists due to their demographic history and different breeding objectives for meat, dairy or dual purpose. Genotype data from six cattle breeds with sample size ranging from 4,181 to 76,875 were analysed to assess the frequency of paternal and maternal recombination events. This data set includes recombination traits (autosomal crossover count and intra-chromosomal allelic shuffling) and an R script used for its generation from LINKPHASE3 output files. Furthermore, an R workflow is provided to perform GBLUP and GWAS on recombination traits with corresponding ASReml command files. Both R scripts are shared for transparency and do not run without input files listed therein. Restrictions apply to the availability of the original data due to thirdparty ownership. Header of recombination_traits.txt parent: temporary ID of parents sex_recode: Sire or Dam for paternal and maternal recombination mean_CO: average number of genomewide recombination events among progeny nprog: number of genotyped progeny mean_shuff: average shuffling among progeny breed: breed name