Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats

Knowledge on how adaptive evolution and human socio‐cultural and economic interests shaped livestock genomes particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa remains limited. Ethiopia is in a geographic region that has been critical in the history of African agriculture with ancient and diverse human ethnicity an...

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Autores principales: Mekuriaw, Getinet, Khayatzadeh, N., Liu, B., Osama, S., Haile, Aynalem, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Zhang, W., Tesfaye, K., Dessie, Tadelle, Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Mwacharo, Joram M.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109412
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author Mekuriaw, Getinet
Khayatzadeh, N.
Liu, B.
Osama, S.
Haile, Aynalem
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Zhang, W.
Tesfaye, K.
Dessie, Tadelle
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Mwacharo, Joram M.
author_browse Dessie, Tadelle
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Haile, Aynalem
Khayatzadeh, N.
Liu, B.
Mekuriaw, Getinet
Mwacharo, Joram M.
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Osama, S.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Tesfaye, K.
Zhang, W.
author_facet Mekuriaw, Getinet
Khayatzadeh, N.
Liu, B.
Osama, S.
Haile, Aynalem
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Zhang, W.
Tesfaye, K.
Dessie, Tadelle
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Mwacharo, Joram M.
author_sort Mekuriaw, Getinet
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description Knowledge on how adaptive evolution and human socio‐cultural and economic interests shaped livestock genomes particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa remains limited. Ethiopia is in a geographic region that has been critical in the history of African agriculture with ancient and diverse human ethnicity and bio‐climatic conditions. Using 52K genome‐wide data analysed in 646 individuals from 13 Ethiopian indigenous goat populations, we observed high levels of genetic variation. Although runs of homozygosity (ROH) were ubiquitous genome‐wide, there were clear differences in patterns of ROH length and abundance and in effective population sizes illustrating differences in genome homozygosity, evolutionary history, and management. Phylogenetic analysis incorporating patterns of genetic differentiation and gene flow with ancestry modelling highlighted past and recent intermixing and possible two deep ancient genetic ancestries that could have been brought by humans with the first introduction of goats in Africa. We observed four strong selection signatures that were specific to Arsi‐Bale and Nubian goats. These signatures overlapped genomic regions with genes associated with morphological, adaptation, reproduction and production traits due possibly to selection under environmental constraints and/or human preferences. The regions also overlapped uncharacterized genes, calling for a comprehensive annotation of the goat genome. Our results provide insights into mechanisms leading to genome variation and differentiation in sub‐Saharan Africa indigenous goats.
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spelling CGSpace1094122023-12-08T19:25:22Z Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats Mekuriaw, Getinet Khayatzadeh, N. Liu, B. Osama, S. Haile, Aynalem Rischkowsky, Barbara A. Zhang, W. Tesfaye, K. Dessie, Tadelle Okeyo Mwai, Ally Djikeng, Appolinaire Mwacharo, Joram M. indigenous breeds goats small ruminants animal breeding Knowledge on how adaptive evolution and human socio‐cultural and economic interests shaped livestock genomes particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa remains limited. Ethiopia is in a geographic region that has been critical in the history of African agriculture with ancient and diverse human ethnicity and bio‐climatic conditions. Using 52K genome‐wide data analysed in 646 individuals from 13 Ethiopian indigenous goat populations, we observed high levels of genetic variation. Although runs of homozygosity (ROH) were ubiquitous genome‐wide, there were clear differences in patterns of ROH length and abundance and in effective population sizes illustrating differences in genome homozygosity, evolutionary history, and management. Phylogenetic analysis incorporating patterns of genetic differentiation and gene flow with ancestry modelling highlighted past and recent intermixing and possible two deep ancient genetic ancestries that could have been brought by humans with the first introduction of goats in Africa. We observed four strong selection signatures that were specific to Arsi‐Bale and Nubian goats. These signatures overlapped genomic regions with genes associated with morphological, adaptation, reproduction and production traits due possibly to selection under environmental constraints and/or human preferences. The regions also overlapped uncharacterized genes, calling for a comprehensive annotation of the goat genome. Our results provide insights into mechanisms leading to genome variation and differentiation in sub‐Saharan Africa indigenous goats. 2021-07 2020-09-14T08:33:45Z 2020-09-14T08:33:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109412 en Open Access Wiley Mekuriaw, G., Khayatzadeh, N., Liu, B., Osama, S., Haile, A., Rischkowsky, B., Zhang, W., Tesfaye, K., Dessie, T., Okeyo, A.M., Djikeng, A. and Mwacharo, J.M. 2021. Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats. Evolutionary Applications 14(7):1716-1731.
spellingShingle indigenous breeds
goats
small ruminants
animal breeding
Mekuriaw, Getinet
Khayatzadeh, N.
Liu, B.
Osama, S.
Haile, Aynalem
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Zhang, W.
Tesfaye, K.
Dessie, Tadelle
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Mwacharo, Joram M.
Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats
title Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats
title_full Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats
title_fullStr Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats
title_full_unstemmed Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats
title_short Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats
title_sort ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub saharan african goats
topic indigenous breeds
goats
small ruminants
animal breeding
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109412
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