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Species Composition and Environmental Adaptation of Indigenous Chinese Cattle

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Gao, Yahui, Gautier, Mathieu, Ding, Xiangdong, Zhang, Hao, Wang, Yachun, Wang, Xi, Faruque, MD Omar, Li, Junya +5 more·2017·Scientific Reports

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Indigenous Chinese cattle combine taurine and indicine origins and occupy a broad range of different environments. By 50 K SNP genotyping we found a discontinuous distribution of taurine and indicine cattle ancestries with extremes of less than 10% indicine cattle in the north and more than 90% in the far south and southwest China. Model-based clustering and f4-statistics indicate introgression of both banteng and gayal into southern Chinese cattle while the sporadic yak influence in cattle in or near Tibetan area validate earlier findings of mitochondrial DNA analysis. Geographic patterns of taurine and indicine mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal DNA diversity largely agree with the autosomal cline. The geographic distribution of the genomic admixture of different bovine species is proposed to be the combined effect of prehistoric immigrations, gene flow, major rivers acting as genetic barriers, local breeding objectives and environmental adaptation. Whole-genome scan for genetic differentiation and association analyses with both environmental and morphological covariables are remarkably consistent with previous studies and identify a number of genes implicated in adaptation, which include TNFRSF19, RFX4, SP4 and several coat color genes. We propose indigenous Chinese cattle as a unique and informative resource for gene-level studies of climate adaptation in mammals.

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  • The rapid adaptation of East Asian cattle to hot and humid environments and high-altitude environments was promoted by localized introgression from other bovine species.

    “The rapid adaptation of East Asian cattle to hot and humid environments and high-altitude environments was promoted by localized introgression from other bovine species [65,66].”

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    The Discussion (page unavailable) reports banteng and gayal introgression in southern Chinese cattle and yak influence near Tibet, and suggests that ancestry from these species may contribute to adaptation. It does not establish that introgression promoted rapid adaptation specifically to hot, humid or high-altitude environments; that causal claim is stronger than the paper's proposal. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Gao, Y., Gautier, M., Ding, X., Zhang, H., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Faruque, M. O., Li, J., Ye, S., Gou, X., Han, J., Lenstra, J. A., & Zhang, Y.
Affiliations
  • China Agricultural University (CN)
  • Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (FR)
  • Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
  • Bangladesh Agricultural University (BD)
  • Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
  • Yunnan Agricultural University (CN)
  • Utrecht University (NL)
Corresponding author
Zhang, Yi
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2017-11-23
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
16196-16196
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2952597679
Cited by
112
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 11
FWCI
5.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Universidade do Porto
  • China Agricultural Research System (CARS‐37)
  • Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
Keywords
mitochondrial DNA diversity, genetic admixture, climate change adaptation, whole genome scan, genetic differentiation, environmental adaptation, coat color genes, TNFRSF19, Sp4
MeSH terms
Alleles, Animals, Cattle, China, DNA, Mitochondrial, Gene Frequency, Haplotypes, Genetic Variation, Y Chromosome, Microsatellite Repeats, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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