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The distribution of runs of homozygosity and selection signatures in six commercial meat sheep breeds

Domestication and the subsequent selection of animals for either economic or morphological features can leave a variety of imprints on the genome of a population. Genomic regions subjected to high selective pressures often show reduced genetic diversity and frequent runs of homozygosity (ROH). There...

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Autores principales: Purfield, Deirdre C., McParland, Sinead, Wall, Eamon, Berry, Donagh P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5413029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28463982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176780