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

Ciani, Elena; Mastrangelo, Salvatore; Da Silva, Anne; Marroni, Fabio; Ferenčaković, Maja; Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo; Baird, Hayley; Barbato, Mario; Colli, Licia; Delvento, Chiara; Dovenski, Toni; Gorjanc, Gregor; Hall, Stephen J G; Hoda, Anila; Li, Meng-Hua; Marković, Božidarka; McEwan, John; Moradi, Mohammad H; Ruiz-Larrañaga, Otsanda; Ružić-Muslić, Dragana

doi:10.1186/s12711-020-00545-7

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

Journal

Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE

Date Issued

2020-05-14

Author(s)

Ciani, Elena

Mastrangelo, Salvatore

Da Silva, Anne

Marroni, Fabio

Ferenčaković, Maja

Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo

Baird, Hayley

Barbato, Mario

Colli, Licia

Delvento, Chiara

Gorjanc, Gregor

Hall, Stephen J G

Hoda, Anila

Li, Meng-Hua

Marković, Božidarka

McEwan, John

Moradi, Mohammad H

Ruiz-Larrañaga, Otsanda

Ružić-Muslić, Dragana

Šalamon, Dragica

Simčič, Mojca

Stepanek, Ondrej

Curik, Ino

Cubric-Curik, Vlatka

Lenstra, Johannes A

DOI

10.1186/s12711-020-00545-7

Abstract

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.

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