Genome-wide analysis of Italian sheep diversity reveals a strong geographic pattern and cryptic relationships between breeds

Animal Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 256-266

  Ciani, E ^a   Crepaldi, P ^b   Nicoloso, L ^b   Lasagna, E ^c   Sarti, F M ^c   Moioli, B ^d   Napolitano, F ^d   Carta, A ^e   Usai, G ^e   D'Andrea, M ^f   Marletta, D ^g   Ciampolini, R ^h   Riggio, V ⁱ   Occidente, M ^j   Matassino, D ^j   Kompan, D ^k   Modesto, P ^l   Macciotta, N ^m   Ajmone Marsan, P ⁿ   Pilla, F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^e Settore Genetica e Biotecnologie   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^j ConSDABI ^*  (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^l Istituto Zooprofilattico del Piemonte Liguria e Valle D'Aosta   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

genetic diversity; genetic structure; genome wide single nucleotide polymorphisms; multidimensional scaling; neighbor network; Ovis aries

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOMESTIC SHEEP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NEIGHBOR NETWORK; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME-WIDE SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NEIGHBOR NETWORK; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; ITALY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SHEEP;

EID: 84897592332     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/age.12106     Document Type: Article

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