Whole-genome resequencing uncovers molecular signatures of natural and sexual selection in wild bighorn sheep

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 5616-5632

  Kardos, Marty ^a,b   Luikart, Gordon ^a,c   Bunch, Rowan ^d   Dewey, Sarah ^e   Edwards, William ^f   McWilliam, Sean ^d   Stephenson, John ^e   Allendorf, Fred W ^a   Hogg, John T ^g   Kijas, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e Grand Teton National Park   (United States)

^f Wyoming Game and Fish Department   (United States)

^g Montana Conservation Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; coalescent simulations; effective population size; fitness; Ovis canadensis; population genomics; selective sweeps

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; RXFP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIGHORN SHEEP; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HORN; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MONTANA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WYOMING; X CHROMOSOME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; HORNS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MONTANA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP, BIGHORN; WYOMING; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84955216348     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13415     Document Type: Article

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