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Genome-wide genetic diversity and differentially selected regions among Suffolk, Rambouillet, Columbia, Polypay, and Targhee sheep.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zhang Lifan, Mousel Michelle R, Wu Xiaolin, Michal Jennifer J, Zhou Xiang, Ding Bo, Dodson Michael V, El-Halawany Nermin K, Lewis Gregory S, Jiang Zhihua
Abstract excerpt
Sheep are among the major economically important livestock species worldwide because the animals produce milk, wool, skin, and meat. In the present study, the Illumina OvineSNP50 BeadChip was used to investigate genetic diversity and genome selection among Suffolk, Rambouillet, Columbia, Polypay, and Targhee sheep breeds from the United States. After quality-control filtering of SNPs (single nucleotide...
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