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: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 2020
• Subjects: North European short-tailed sheep; SNP; sheep; Finn; Fjällnäs; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/datasets/population-structure-of-five-native-sheep-breeds-of-sweden-estima; https://doi.org/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...