Genome-Wide Analysis of the Worlds Sheep Breeds Reveals High Levels of Historic Mixture and Strong Recent Selection
James W. Kijas, Johannes A. Lenstra, Ben Hayes, Simon Boitard, Laercio R. Porto Neto, Magali San Cristobal, Bertrand Servin, Russell McCulloch, Vicki Whan, Kimberly Gietzen, Samuel Paiva, William Barendse, Elena Ciani, Herman Raadsma, John McEwan, Brian P Dalrymple, other members of the International Sheep Genomics Consortium
February 2012
Abstract
Genomic structure in a global collection of domesticated sheep reveals a history of artificial selection for horn loss and traits relating to pigmentation, reproduction, and body size.