Title |
Detection of selective sweeps in cattle using genome-wide SNP data
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, June 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-14-382 |
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Authors |
Holly R Ramey, Jared E Decker, Stephanie D McKay, Megan M Rolf, Robert D Schnabel, Jeremy F Taylor |
Abstract |
The domestication and subsequent selection by humans to create breeds and biological types of cattle undoubtedly altered the patterning of variation within their genomes. Strong selection to fix advantageous large-effect mutations underlying domesticability, breed characteristics or productivity created selective sweeps in which variation was lost in the chromosomal region flanking the selected allele. Selective sweeps have now been identified in the genomes of many animal species including humans, dogs, horses, and chickens. Here, we attempt to identify and characterise regions of the bovine genome that have been subjected to selective sweeps. |
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