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Genetic diversity and population structure of South African smallholder farmer sheep breeds determined using the OvineSNP50 beadchip.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Dec 2017
Molotsi Annelin H, Taylor Jeremy F, Cloete Schalk W P, Muchadeyi Farai, Decker Jared E, Whitacre Lynsey K, Sandenbergh Lise, Dzama Kennedy
Abstract excerpt
A population structure study was performed in South African ovine populations using the OvineSNP50 beadchip. Blood samples were obtained from 295 sheep of which 172 had been identified as smallholder Dorpers, 4 smallholder White Dorpers, 46 purebred Dorpers, 26 purebred South African Mutton Merinos and 47 purebred Namaqua Afrikaners. Blood from the latter three breeds were obtained from a resource flock...
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