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SUBMITTER: Fariello MI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4134316 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fariello Maria-Ines MI Servin Bertrand B Tosser-Klopp Gwenola G Rupp Rachel R Moreno Carole C San Cristobal Magali M Boitard Simon S
PloS one 20140815 8
The diversity of populations in domestic species offers great opportunities to study genome response to selection. The recently published Sheep HapMap dataset is a great example of characterization of the world wide genetic diversity in sheep. In this study, we re-analyzed the Sheep HapMap dataset to identify selection signatures in worldwide sheep populations. Compared to previous analyses, we made use of statistical methods that (i) take account of the hierarchical structure of sheep populatio ...[more]