Application of Genomic Data to Map Genetic Diversity and Enable Genetic Improvement in African Cattle, With Particular Reference to Smallholder Dairy Cattle - Dataset

This is a metadata only record, for enquiries about the dataset described in this record, please contact Karen Marshall, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), [e-mail]. The data is SNP genotype data of more than 4,000 animals representing European Bos taurus dairy breeds, East and West African indigenous and crossbred dairy cattle sampled from different countries were used for this study. The samples were genotyped on either the Illumina BovineSNP50 BeadChip array (Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) comprising 54,609 SNPs or the Illumina BovineHD Beadchip (Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) containing 777,962 SNPs.