Article
Runs of homozygosity and cross-generational inbreeding of Iranian fat-tailed sheep.
Heredity - 1 Jun 2023
Abdoli Ramin, Mirhoseini Seyed Ziaeddin, Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh Navid, Zamani Pouya, Moradi Mohammad Hossein, Ferdosi Mohammad Hossein, Sargolzaei Mehdi, Gondro Cedric
Abstract excerpt
The Lori-Bakhtiari fat-tailed sheep is one of the most important heavyweight native breeds of Iran. The breed is robust and well-adapted to semi-arid regions and an important resource for smallholder farms. An established nucleus-based breeding scheme is used to improve their production traits but there is an indication of inbreeding depression and loss of genetic diversity due to selection. Here, we estimated...
Topics
- Female
- Sheep
- Animals
- Inbreeding
- Iran
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Homozygote
- Genotype