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The genome-wide relationships of the critically endangered Quadricorna sheep in the Mediterranean region.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2023
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. Nowadays most of the sheep European breeds derive from the second wave which is supposed to have largely replaced oldest genetic...
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