Combining landscape genomics and ecological modelling to investigate local adaptation of indigenous Ugandan cattle to East Coast fever
E. Vajana, M. Barbato, L. Colli, M. Milanesi, E. Rochat, E. Fabrizi, C. Mukasa, M. Del Corvo, C. Masembe, V. Muwanika, F. Kabi, T. S. Sonstegard, H. J. Huson, R. Negrini, S. Joost, , NextGen Consortium
The paper investigates genetic bases of East Coast fever tolerance in Ugandan cattle using landscape genomics and identifies candidate adaptive loci associated with tick resistance and infection tolerance.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2018Evolutionary Biology