Genomic insights into the population history and adaptive traits of Latin American Criollo cattle

• DOI: 10.1098/rsos.231388
• Publication Date: 2024-03-27T08:05:27Z
• Authors: James A. Ward; Said I. Ng'ang'a; Imtiaz A. S. Rand...; Gillian P. McHugo; John F. O'Grady; Julio M. Flórez; John A. Browne; Ana M. Pérez O’Brien; Antonio J. Landae...; Jóse F. Garcia; Tad S. Sonstegard; Laurent A. F. Frantz; Michael Salter-To...; David E. MacHugh
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; microevolution; 03 medical and health sciences; Latin America; population genomics; cattle; Science; Q; selection; Genetics and Genomics; thermotolerance

Criollo cattle, the descendants of animals brought by Iberian colonists to Americas, have been subject natural and human-mediated selection in novel tropical agroecological zones for centuries. Consequently, these breeds evolved distinct characteristics such as resistance diseases exceptional heat tolerance. In addition European taurine (