A Population Genomics Analysis of the Native Irish Galway Sheep Breed

A Population Genomics Analysis of the Native Irish Galway Sheep Breed

The Galway sheep population is the only native Irish sheep breed and this livestock genetic resource is currently categorised as ‘at-risk’. In the present study, comparative population genomics analyses of Galway sheep and other sheep populations of European origin were used to investigate the micro...

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Main Authors: Gillian P. McHugo, Sam Browett, Imtiaz A. S. Randhawa, Dawn J. Howard, Michael P. Mullen, Ian W. Richardson, Stephen D. E. Park, David A. Magee, Erik Scraggs, Michael J. Dover, Carolina N. Correia, James P. Hanrahan, David E. MacHugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
at-risk breed
conservation genomics
genetic diversity
inbreeding
livestock
selection signature
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00927/full

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