Genome-Wide Analysis of the World's Sheep Breeds Reveals High Levels of Historic Mixture and Strong Recent Selection

Kijas, James; A. Lenstra, Johannes; J. Hayes, Ben; Boitard, Simon; R. Porto-Neto, Laércio; San Cristobal, Magali; Servin, Bertrand; McCulloch, Russell; Whan, Vicki; Gietzen, Kimberly; Rezende Paiva, Samuel; Barendse, W.; Ciani, Elena; W. Raadsma, Herman; C. McEwan, John; P. Dalrymple, Brian

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001258

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Genome-Wide Analysis of the World's Sheep Breeds Reveals High Levels of Historic Mixture and Strong Recent Selection

Published in PLoS Biology • Feb 7, 2012

Authors:

James Kijas

Johannes A. Lenstra

Ben J. Hayes

Abstract

Through their domestication and subsequent selection, sheep have been adapted to thrive in a diverse range of environments. To characterise the genetic consequence of both domestication and selection, we genotyped 49,034 SNP in 2,819 animals from a diverse collection of 74 sheep breeds. We find the ...

Subject

Biology

Domestication

Selection (genetic algorithm)

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