Genome-wide analysis of the world's sheep breeds reveals high levels of historic mixture and strong recent selection

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kijas, James W ^a   Lenstra, Johannes A ^b   Hayes, Ben ^c   Boitard, Simon ^d   Neto, Laercio R ^a   Cristobal, Magali San ^d   Servin, Bertrand ^d   McCulloch, Russell ^a   Whan, Vicki ^a   Gietzen, Kimberly ^e   Paiva, Samuel ^f   Barendse, William ^a   Ciani, Elena ^g   Raadsma, Herman ^h   McEwan, John ⁱ   Dalrymple, Brian ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

^f EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION SIZE; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EUROPE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; OVIS ARIES;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SHEEP;

EID: 84857462357     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001258     Document Type: Article

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