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

• Published in: BMC Genetics
• Main Authors: Christina Marie Rochus, Elisabeth Jonas, Anna M. Johansson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: Sheep; Population structure; North European short-tailed sheep; SNP; Genetics; QH426-470; Finn; Fjällnäs; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-020-0827-8; https://doaj.org/article/3b1549f2b7c947b4a18061b38730d194

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...