Indigenous cattle of Sri Lanka: Genetic and phylogeographic relationship with Zebu of Indus Valley and South Indian origin

The present study reports the population structure, genetic admixture and phylogeography of cattle breeds of Sri Lanka viz. Batu Harak, Thawalam and White cattle. Moderately high level of genetic diversity was observed in all the three Sri Lankan zebu cattle breeds. Estimates of inbreeding for Thawa...

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Main Authors: Lokugalappatti L. G. S., Saumya Wickramasinghe, Alexander P. A. B. D., Kamran Abbas, Tanveer Hussain, Saravanan Ramasamy, Vandana Manomohan, Arnaud Stephane R. Tapsoba, Rudolf Pichler, Masroor E. Babar, Kathiravan Periasamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10431622/?tool=EBI