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Whole genome sequences of 289 native cattle from Finland, the Netherlands, and Portugal.

Catarina Ginja, Junxin Gao, Juha Kantanen, Nasser Ghanem, Donald Kugonza, Mahlako Makgahlela, Ana Elisabete Pires, Anabel Usié, Bert Dibbits, Carolina Bruno de Sousa and 15 more

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Catarina Ginja *CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
Junxin Gao *Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. junxin.gao@wur.nl.ORCID 0009-0003-9308-1646
Juha KantanenNatural Resources Institute Finland, Jokioinen, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-6350-6373
Nasser GhanemAnimal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Donald KugonzaDepartment of Agricultural Production, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Mahlako MakgahlelaAgricultural Research Council-Animal Production Institute, Irene, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1275-4558
Ana Elisabete PiresCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
Anabel UsiéCEBAL, Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Beja, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3364-9434
Bert DibbitsAnimal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Carolina Bruno de SousaCIISA, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Daniel GasparCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
Daniil RuvinskiyNatural Resources Institute Finland, Jokioinen, Finland.
Etske BijlFood quality and Design, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Hauke SmidtMicrobiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6138-5026
Heli LindebergNatural Resources Institute Finland, Jokioinen, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9153-1904
Henk BovenhuisAnimal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Kimberley LaportAnimal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Kisun PokharelNatural Resources Institute Finland, Jokioinen, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4924-946X
Ludmilla BlaschikoffCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
Melak WeldenegodguadNatural Resources Institute Finland, Jokioinen, Finland.
Rayner Gonzalez PrendesAnimal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3679-4685
Rodney OkwasiimireNatural Resources Institute Finland, Jokioinen, Finland.
Silvia GuimarãesCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
Ying LuiAnimal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Richard P M A CrooijmansAnimal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. richard.crooijmans@wur.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-8108-9972

Funding

China Scholarship Council (CSC) 202208610017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Native cattle breeds in Europe are vital to agricultural heritage and livestock production, combining adaptation to diverse environments with desirable traits such as high-quality beef and milk. To investigate genetic diversity, local adaptation, and productivity-related characteristics, we generated whole-genome sequences from 289 cattle representing 11 native breeds and the commercial Holstein-Friesian breed across Finland, the Netherlands, and Portugal. These breeds span diverse climates and management systems, from cold northern regions to Mediterranean environments in southern Europe. The dataset comprises over 11 terabytes of paired-end Illumina NovaSeq6000 sequencing data, with an average depth of ~10 × and an alignment rate of ~99.7% against the ARS-UCD1.2 and 2.0 cattle reference genomes. Variant calling identified about 30 million SNPs and 2.7 million small indels distributed unevenly across the genome. Annotation linked many variants to known genes. This genomic resource provides an important foundation for studying genomic diversity, environmental adaptation, small structural variants discovery, and genomic mapping of economically important traits, offering insights for future breeding and conservation programs in European cattle.

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GenomeAnimalsBreedingCattleFinlandGenetic VariationNetherlandsPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePortugalWhole Genome Sequencing

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PMID41339347
PMCPMC12675749

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