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.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: North European short-tailed sheep; Population structure; SNP; Sheep; Finn; Fjällnäs; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/population-structure-of-five-native-sheep-breeds-of-sweden-estima; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-020-0827-8

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...