Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment

A genome-wide scan to detect signatures of recent selection in Australian Merino sheep

Domestication and selection are processes that conserve the pattern of genetic diversities between and within populations. Identification of genomic regions that are targets of selection for phenotypic traits is one of the main aims of research in animal genetics. An approach for identifying divergently selected regions of the genome is to compare FST values among loci to estimate the genetic v...

Characterizing neutral genomic diversity and selection signatures in indigenous populations of Moroccan goats (Capra hircus) using WGS data

Since the time of their domestication, goats (Capra hircus) have evolved in a large variety of locally adapted populations in response to different human and environmental pressures. In the present era, many indigenous populations are threatened with extinction due to their substitution by cosmopolitan breeds, while they might represent highly valuable genomic resources. It is thus crucial to c...

marker-assisted selection in sheep and goats

Correction: A Genomic Portrait of Haplotype Diversity and Signatures of Selection in Indigenous Southern African Populations

We report a study of genome-wide, dense SNP (*900K) and copy number polymorphism data of indigenous southern Africans. We demonstrate the genetic contribution to southern and eastern African populations, which involved admixture between indigenous San, NigerCongo-speaking and populations of Eurasian ancestry. This finding illustrates the need to account for stratification in genome-wide associa...

A Genomic Portrait of Haplotype Diversity and Signatures of Selection in Indigenous Southern African Populations

We report a study of genome-wide, dense SNP (∼ 900K) and copy number polymorphism data of indigenous southern Africans. We demonstrate the genetic contribution to southern and eastern African populations, which involved admixture between indigenous San, Niger-Congo-speaking and populations of Eurasian ancestry. This finding illustrates the need to account for stratification in genome-wide assoc...