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History and genetic diversity of African sheep: Contrasting phenotypic and genomic diversity.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2025
Da Silva Anne, Ahbara Abulgasim, Baazaoui Imen, Jemaa Slim Ben, Cao Yinhong, Ciani Elena, Dzomba Edgar Farai, Evans Linda, Gootwine Elisha, Hanotte Olivier, Harris Laura, Li Meng-Hua, Mastrangelo Salvatore, Missohou Ayao, Molotsi Annelin, Muchadeyi Farai C, Mwacharo Joram M, Tallet Gaëlle, Vernus Pascal, Hall Stephen J G, Lenstra Johannes A
Abstract excerpt
Domesticated sheep have adapted to contrasting and extreme environments and continue to play important roles in local community-based economies throughout Africa. Here we review the Neolithic migrations of thin-tailed sheep and the later introductions of fat-tailed sheep into eastern Africa. According to contemporary pictorial evidence, the latter occurred in Egypt not before the Ptolemaic period (305-25 BCE). We...
Topics
- Animals
- Sheep, Domestic
- Phenotype
- Genetic Variation
- Africa
- Breeding
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Gene Flow
- Animal Migration