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Genetic differentiation of mainland-island sheep of Greece: Implications for identifying candidate genes for long-term local adaptation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Kominakis Antonios, Tarsani Eirini, Hager-Theodorides Ariadne L, Mastranestasis Ioannis, Gkelia Dimitra, Hadjigeorgiou Ioannis
Abstract excerpt
In Greece, a number of local sheep breeds are raised in a wide range of ecological niches across the country. These breeds can be used for the identification of genetic variants that contribute to local adaptation. To this end, 50k genotypes of 90 local sheep from mainland Greece (Epirus, n = 35 and Peloponnesus, n = 55) were used, as well as 147 genotypes of sheep from insular Greece (Skyros, n = 21), Lemnos, n...
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