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

• Main Authors: Rochus, Christina Marie, Jonas, Elisabeth, Johansson, Anna M.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: Sheep; North European short-tailed sheep; Fjällnäs; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.34tmpg4gj; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.34tmpg4gj

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 Klövsjö s...