Population structure of five native sheep breeds of Sweden estimated with high density SNP genotypes

• Published in: BMC Genetics
• Main Authors: Rochus, Christina Marie, Jonas, Elisabeth, Johansson, Anna M.
• Other Authors: Erik Philip-Sörensens stiftelse, Swedish board of Agriculture, European Commission
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Genetics (clinical); Genetics; Finn; Fjällnäs; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12863-020-0827-8; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12863-020-0827-8.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12863-020-0827-8/fulltext.html

Abstract Background Native Swedish sheep breeds are part of the North European short-tailed sheep group; characterized in part by their genetic uniqueness. Our objective was to study the population structure of native Swedish sheep. Five breeds were genotyped using the 600 K SNP array. Dalapäls and...