On the origin of European sheep as revealed by the diversity of the Balkan breeds and by optimizing population-genetic analysis tools

Abstract Background In the Neolithic, domestic sheep migrated into Europe and subsequently spread in westerly and northwesterly directions. Reconstruction of these migrations and subsequent genetic events requires a more detailed characterization of the current phylogeographic differentiation. Resul...

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Main Authors: Elena Ciani, Salvatore Mastrangelo, Anne Da Silva, Fabio Marroni, Maja Ferenčaković, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Hayley Baird, Mario Barbato, Licia Colli, Chiara Delvento, Toni Dovenski, Gregor Gorjanc, Stephen J. G. Hall, Anila Hoda, Meng-Hua Li, Božidarka Marković, John McEwan, Mohammad H. Moradi, Otsanda Ruiz-Larrañaga, Dragana Ružić-Muslić, Dragica Šalamon, Mojca Simčič, Ondrej Stepanek, Econogene Consortium, Sheephapmap Consortium, Ino Curik, Vlatka Cubric-Curik, Johannes A. Lenstra
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-020-00545-7