ReadMe for "Local and global patterns of admixture and population structure in Iranian native cattle"; Karimi, Strucken, Moghaddar, Ferdosi, Esmailizadeh, Gondro; BMC Genetics 08.07.2016 This readme file describes the genotypic data file of the above publication. For any further queries please contact cgondro2@une.edu.au. The file contains: Genotypic data for 8 Iranian cattle breeds. Genotypes are coded as allele counts (0,1,2) and missing data as NA. Genotypes are quality controled as outlined in publication. Rows: SNP names from Illumina high-density Bovine BeadChip 700K (Illumina, San Diego) Collumns: Cattle breed names (Kermani N=9, Kurdi N=7, Mazandarani N=10, Najdi N=7, Pars N=7, Sarabi N=19, Sistani N=9, Taleshi N=7)