Authors’ Contributions
IJN, PAM and JAL designed the study; GT-K and LC coordinated the
VarGoats project; IJN and BÇK carried out the ABI sequencing; BDR, PB,
TF, ZZ, YJ, YC, ZC, MMi and GS analyzed the WGS data; TC, FPo and CD
supplied the bezoar genotypes; KGD, DGB, YC and YJ supplied the aDNA
data; HM, FK, SS, MMa, YN, AA, JSM, IAD, SRAB, FMD, TD, MKS, MB and PK
provided genotypes for south Asian goats; BDR supplied most of the
African samples for KASP genotyping; VAB, DB, BB, TB, SC, VC-C, LD, JG,
JH, JK, NKh, NK, AM, RM, JMc, NAOC, FPe, AdS, MS, JS, AS, JT and HZ
collected material and/or data for other breeds; JAL and IJN performed
the downstream analysis; JAL wrote the first draft; and KGD, AM, FPe,
BÇK, JMc, MM, MS, PAM, LC, CD and GTK contributed to the text.