A genome scan of recent positive selection signatures in three sheep populations

Domesticated sheep have been exposed to artificial selection for the production of fiber, meat, and milk as well as to natural selection. Such selections are likely to have imposed distinctive selection signatures on the sheep genome. Therefore, detecting selection signatures across the genome may h...

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Main Authors: Fu-ping ZHAO, Cai-hong WEI, Li ZHANG, Jia-sen LIU, Guang-kai WANG, Tao ZENG, Li-xin DU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311915610802
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