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Adaptations to climate-mediated selective pressures in sheep.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2014
Lv Feng-Hua, Agha Saif, Kantanen Juha, Colli Licia, Stucki Sylvie, Kijas James W, Joost Stéphane, Li Meng-Hua, Ajmone Marsan Paolo
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Following domestication, sheep (Ovis aries) have become essential farmed animals across the world through adaptation to a diverse range of environments and varied production systems. Climate-mediated selective pressure has shaped phenotypic variation and has left genetic "footprints" in the genom...
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