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Genome-wide scans for signatures of selection in North African sheep reveals differentially selected regions between fat- and thin-tailed breeds.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2025
Ben-Jemaa Slim, Yahyaoui Ghazi, Kdidi Samia, Najjari Afef, Lenstra Johannes A, Mastrangelo Salvatore, Gaouar Semir B S, Mwacharo Joram M, Khorchani Touhami, Yahyaoui Mohamed H
Abstract excerpt
North Africa counts several sheep breeds that can be categorized as fat- and thin-tailed. The former are well adapted to dryland environments. In this study, we used 50K genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism profiles from 462 animals representing nine fat-tailed and 13 thin-tailed sheep breeds across North Africa to localize genomic regions putatively under differential selective pressures between the two...
Topics
- Animals
- Africa, Northern
- Breeding
- Haplotypes
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Selection, Genetic
- Sheep, Domestic