Table 1.
Collected breeds and samples
| Breed | Code | Purpose | Origin | Ng ( Na ) | mUAR | aUAR d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatolian Black |
ABB |
Artificially unselected |
Turkey |
48 (43) |
0.045 |
-0.024 |
| Illyrian Mountain Buša |
IMB |
Artificially unselected |
Albania |
52 (43) |
0.177 |
-0.024 |
| German Fleckvieh |
DFV |
Dairy-beef |
South Germany |
723 (50) |
0.099 |
-0.020 |
| Original Braunvieh |
OBV |
Dairy-beef |
Switzerland |
48 (35) |
0.191 |
-0.029 |
| Murnau-Werdenfelser |
MWF |
Dairy-beef |
South Germany |
106 (46) |
0.199 |
-0.021 |
| Franken Gelbvieh |
FGV |
Dairy-beef |
Central Germany |
139 (50) |
0.156 |
-0.020 |
| Braunvieh a) |
BBV |
Dairy |
South Germany |
568 (50) |
0.077 |
-0.020 |
| Red Holstein |
RH |
Dairy |
North Germany |
62 (50) |
0.101 |
-0.020 |
| Blanc-Bleu Belge |
BBB |
Beef |
Belgium |
47 (31) |
0.148 |
-0.032 |
| Galloway |
GLW |
Beef |
Scotland b) |
47 (32) |
0.160 |
-0.033 |
| Sum | 10 | 4 | 3 c) | 1840 (430) |
Breed name and code, breeding purpose, geographic origin of breed (Origin), number of samples genotyped (Ng) and number of samples used for selection signature analyses (Na) as well as maximum UAR (mUAR) and average UAR (aUAR) for each breed.
a)German Braunvieh upgraded by US American Brown-Swiss.
b)Originating from Scotland but sampled in Germany.
c)Three geographic origins representing the north-western, the alpine, and the south-eastern regions of Europe.
d)Negative relationships are caused by taking the current generation as base population and cannot be interpreted as probabilities but as the correlation of homologous alleles in different gametes. (for details see [35]).