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IBD sharing patterns as intra-breed admixture indicators in small ruminants.
Heredity - 1 Jan 2024
Blondeau Da Silva Stéphane, Mwacharo Joram M, Li Menghua, Ahbara Abulgasim, Muchadeyi Farai Catherine, Dzomba Edgar Farai, Lenstra Johannes A, Da Silva Anne
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we investigated how IBD patterns shared between individuals of the same breed could be informative of its admixture level, with the underlying assumption that the most admixed breeds, i.e. the least genetically isolated, should have a much more fragmented genome. We considered 111 goat breeds (i.e. 2501 individuals) and 156 sheep breeds (i.e. 3304 individuals) from Europe, Africa and Asia, for...
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