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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Selection signatures in worldwide sheep populations
PLoS ONE, Volume 9, No. 8, Article e103813, Year 2014
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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 populations, (ii) make use of linkage disequilibrium information and (iii) focus specifically on either recent or older selection signatures. We show that this allows pinpointing several new selection signatures in the sheep genome and distinguishing those related to modern breeding objectives and to earlier post-domestication constraints. The newly identified regions, together with the ones previously identified, reveal the extensive genome response to selection on morphology, color and adaptation to new environments. © 2014 Fariello et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Servin, Bertrand
France, Toulouse
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Tosser-Klopp, Gwenola
France, Toulouse
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
Rupp, Rachel
France, Toulouse
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
Moreno-Romieux, Carole Rénée
France, Toulouse
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
France, Paris
Inrae
Boitard, Simon B.
France, Jouy-en-josas
Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative
France, Paris
École Pratique Des Hautes Études
France, Paris
Inrae
Arranz, Juan Jose
Spain, Leon
Universidad de León
Banos, Georgios
Greece, Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Barendse, William J.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bishop, Steve C.
United Kingdom, Midlothian
University of Edinburgh, Roslin Institute
Bünger, Lutz
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Scotland’s Rural College Sruc
Calvo, Jorge H.
Unknown Affiliation
Carta, Antonello
Unknown Affiliation
Cemal, İbrahim
Turkey, Aydin
Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Ciani, Elena
Italy, Bari
Università Degli Studi Di Bari Aldo Moro
Cockett, Noelle E.
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Coltman, David W.
Canada, Edmonton
University of Alberta
Dalrymple, Brian P.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
D’Andrea, Mariasilvia
Italy, Campobasso
Università Degli Studi Del Molise
Distl, Ottmar
Germany, Hannover
Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
Drögemüller, Cord
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Erhardt, George J.
Germany, Giessen
Justus-liebig-universität Gießen
Eythórsdóttir, Emma
Iceland, Borgarnes
Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands
Gietzen, Kimberly J.
United States, San Diego
Illumina, Inc.
Gupta, Vidya Shrikant
India, Pune
National Chemical Laboratory India
Hanotte, Olivier H.
United Kingdom, Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Hayes, Ben J.
Australia, Melbourne
State Government of Victoria
Heaton, Michael P.
Unknown Affiliation
Kantanen, Juha
Finland, Helsinki
Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke
Kent, Matthew Peter
Norway, As
Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
Kijas, James W.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Larkin, Denis M.
United Kingdom, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University
Lenstra, Johannes A.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
Li, Kui
Unknown Affiliation
McCulloch, Russell J.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
MacHugh, David E.
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
McWilliam, Sean M.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
McEwan, J. C.
New Zealand, Lincoln
Agresearch
Maddox, Jillian F.
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Malek, Md. Abdul
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Monteagudo, Luis Vicente
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Nicholas, Frank W.
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Nowak, Kristen J.
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Oddy, V. Hutton
Australia, Armidale
University of new England Australia
Paiva, Samuel Rezende
Brazil, Brasilia
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa
Pemberton, Josephine M.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Pilla, Fabio
Italy, Campobasso
Università Degli Studi Del Molise
Porto-Neto, Laércio Ribeiro
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Raadsma, Herman Willem
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
San-Cristobal, Magali
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Sechi, Tiziana
Turkey, Aydin
Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Scheet, Paul
United States, Houston
The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center
Silva, Pradeepa
Sri Lanka, Peradeniya
University of Peradeniya
Simianer, Henner
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Slate, Jon
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Tapio, Miika
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 142
Authors: 55
Affiliations: 48
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0103813
ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics