The Genomic Reference Resource for African Cattle: genome sequences and high-density array variants.

This project was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and with UK aid from the UK Government's Department for International Development (Grant Agreement OPP1127286) under the auspices of the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), established jointly by the University of Edinburgh, SRUC (Scotland's Rural College), and the International Livestock Research Institute. The findings and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of the BMGF or the UK Government. We thank the CGIAR livestock program (CRP) for supporting the sampling component of the research. We also thank the AU-IBAR for linking us to the various African partners, and we acknowledge the valuable support of the various African National Institutes for granting the Nagoya permits for sampling and utilization of the genomic resources from their countries. We are grateful to the Chinese Government's contribution to the CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources in Beijing (2023-YWF-ZX-02). We thank Professor Apollinaire Djikeng for his continuous support to the CTLGH - GRRFAC project.