Bubalus bubalis Genome sequencing. Bubalus bubalis

Sustainable Management of Water Buffalo (Bubalus bulalis) explores the ecological interaction between the feral buffalo (Bubalus bulalis) and extremeclimate changes in Qingtiangang. Since the last century, buffalo has played a unique role in shaping the mosaicgrassland across forest habitats. While consuming grass/shrubs for daily food staples, buffaloes also influencevegetation by crossing bushes and creating temporary water holes. From January 2020 to December 2021, theQingtiangang buffaloes were tracked with a GPS recorder every month to observe their foraging preferences, and tocollect body information on seasonal growth. The results found that Qingtiangang buffalo has special genetic resources:mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis shows that the control region (D-Loop) and cytochrome (Cytb) have significantgenetic diversity, indicating that they are not inbreeding herds.