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Genome-wide analysis of the world's sheep breeds reveals high levels of historic mixture and strong recent selection.

PLoS biology - 1 Feb 2012

Kijas James W, Lenstra Johannes A, Hayes Ben, Boitard Simon, Porto Neto Laercio R, San Cristobal Magali, Servin Bertrand, McCulloch Russell, Whan Vicki, Gietzen Kimberly, Paiva Samuel, Barendse William, Ciani Elena, Raadsma Herman, McEwan John, Dalrymple Brian

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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 majority of sheep populations contain high SNP diversity and have retained an effective population size much higher...

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PMID: 22346734
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001258
PMCID: PMC3274507

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