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Whole-genome resequencing of wild and domestic sheep identifies genes associated with morphological and agronomic traits

Authors :
Xin Li
Ji Yang
Min Shen
Xing-Long Xie
Guang-Jian Liu
Ya-Xi Xu
Feng-Hua Lv
Hua Yang
Yong-Lin Yang
Chang-Bin Liu
Ping Zhou
Peng-Cheng Wan
Yun-Sheng Zhang
Lei Gao
Jing-Quan Yang
Wen-Hui Pi
Yan-Ling Ren
Zhi-Qiang Shen
Feng Wang
Juan Deng
Song-Song Xu
Hosein Salehian-Dehkordi
Eer Hehua
Ali Esmailizadeh
Mostafa Dehghani-Qanatqestani
Ondřej Štěpánek
Christina Weimann
Georg Erhardt
Agraw Amane
Joram M. Mwacharo
Jian-Lin Han
Olivier Hanotte
Johannes A. Lenstra
Juha Kantanen
David W. Coltman
James W. Kijas
Michael W. Bruford
Kathiravan Periasamy
Xin-Hua Wang
Meng-Hua Li
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Genetic resources for livestock are valuable for understanding their demography and past selection, and may inform future breeding programs and agricultural improvement. Here, the authors present deep resequencing of 248 wild and domestic sheep, with associated data and analysis.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fdf336f0140d420598f46b242245391b
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16485-1