Genome-wide scan for selection signatures in six cattle breeds in South Africa

Table 1 Number of animals genotyped from six breeds

Breed	Breed type	Primary historical use	Contiguous bovineSNP50 loci^a	Number of monomorphic SNP50 loci	Number of individuals genotyped
Afrikaner	Sanga	Beef	8	15,791	42
Nguni	Sanga	Beef/milk	7	10,059	54
Drakensberger	Sanga	Beef	5	6543	47
Bonsmara	Composite	Beef	6	8278	44
Angus	Bos taurus	Beef	6	6861	31
Holstein	Bos taurus	Milk	6	8463	29

^aNumber of contiguous loci that span at least 100 kb and have a minor allele frequency ≤0.01 required to declare a selective sweep for each breed

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