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Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment.
Heredity - 1 Mar 2016
Kim E-S, Elbeltagy A R, Aboul-Naga A M, Rischkowsky B, Sayre B, Mwacharo J M, Rothschild M F
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Goats and sheep are versatile domesticates that have been integrated into diverse environments and production systems. Natural and artificial selection have shaped the variation in the two species, but natural selection has played the major role among indigenous flocks. To investigate signals of natural selection, we analyzed genotype data generated using the caprine and ovine 50K SNP BeadChips from Barki goats...
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