Genome-wide local ancestry and direct evidence for mitonuclear coadaptation in African hybrid cattle populations (Bos taurus/indicus)
J. A. Ward, G. P. McHugo, M. J. Dover, T. J. Hall, S. I. Ng'ang'a, T. S. Sonstegard, D. G. Bradley, L. A. Frantz, M. Salter-Townshend, D. E. MacHugh
The paper uses SNP data to show increased taurine ancestry at mitochondrially-targeted nuclear genes in African cattle hybrids, supporting mitonuclear incompatibility between zebu nuclear and taurine mitochondrial genomes.
bioRxiv · Aug 26, 2021Evolutionary Biology