Legacy of draught cattle breeds of South India: Insights into population structure, genetic admixture and maternal origin

• Vandana Manomohan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Animal Production and Health Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India, Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India

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• Ramasamy Saravanan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India, Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India

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• Rudolf Pichler,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Animal Production and Health Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

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• Nagarajan Murali,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India, Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India

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• Karuppusamy Sivakumar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India, Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India

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• Krovvidi Sudhakar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NTR College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Gannavaram, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2054-8607

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• Raja K. Nachiappan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana, India

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• Kathiravan Periasamy

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kathirvet@yahoo.co.in, Kathiravan.Periasamy@fao.org

  Affiliations Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Animal Production and Health Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, Animal Production and Health Division, Animal Genetics Resources Branch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3518-5290

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