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SUBMITTER: Wei C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4882523 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wei Caihong C Wang Huihua H Liu Gang G Zhao Fuping F Kijas James W JW Ma Youji Y Lu Jian J Zhang Li L Cao Jiaxue J Wu Mingming M Wang Guangkai G Liu Ruizao R Liu Zhen Z Zhang Shuzhen S Liu Chousheng C Du Lixin L
Scientific reports 20160527
Tibetan sheep have lived on the Tibetan Plateau for thousands of years; however, the process and consequences of adaptation to this extreme environment have not been elucidated for important livestock such as sheep. Here, seven sheep breeds, representing both highland and lowland breeds from different areas of China, were genotyped for a genome-wide collection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The FST and XP-EHH approaches were used to identify regions harbouring local positive selectio ...[more]