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The ancestral origin of the critically endangered Quadricorna sheep as revealed by genome-wide analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Senczuk Gabriele, Di Civita Marika, Rillo Luigina, Macciocchi Alessandra, Occidente Mariaconsiglia, Saralli Giorgio, D'Onofrio Valentina, Galli Tiziana, Persichilli Christian, Di Giovannantonio Claudio, Pilla Fabio, Matassino Donato
Abstract excerpt
Livestock European diffusion followed different human migration waves from the Fertile Crescent. In sheep, at least two diffusion waves have shaped the current breeds' biodiversity generating a complex genetic pattern composed by either primitive or fine-wool selected breeds. Among primitive breeds, aside from sharing common ancestral genomic components, they also show several traits such as the policeraty, large...
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