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Li, Xin; Yang, Ji; Shen, Min; Xie, Xing-Long; Liu, Guang-Jian; Xu, Ya-Xi; Lv, Feng-Hua; Yang, Hua; Yang, Yong-Lin; Liu, Chang-Bin; Zhou, Ping; Wan, Peng-Cheng; Zhang, Yun-Sheng; Gao, Lei; Yang, Jing-Quan; Pi, Wen-Hui; Ren, Yan-Ling; Shen, Zhi-Qiang; Wang, Feng; Deng, Juan; Xu, Song-Song; Salehian-Dehkordi, Hosein; Hehua, Eer; Esmailizadeh, Ali; Dehghani-Qanatqestani, Mostafa; Štěpánek, Ondřej; Weimann, Christina; Erhardt, Georg; Amane, Agraw; Mwacharo, Joram M; Han, Jian-Lin; Hanotte, Olivier; Lenstra, Johannes A; Kantanen, Juha; Coltman, David W; Kijas, James W; Bruford, Michael W; Periasamy, Kathiravan; Wang, Xin-Hua; Li, Meng-Hua
Nature communications, 06/2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 1Journal Article
Understanding the genetic changes underlying phenotypic variation in sheep (Ovis aries) may facilitate our efforts towards further improvement. Here, we report the deep resequencing of 248 sheep including the wild ancestor (O. orientalis), landraces, and improved breeds. We explored the sheep variome and selection signatures. We detected genomic regions harboring genes associated with distinct morphological and agronomic traits, which may be past and potential future targets of domestication, breeding, and selection. Furthermore, we found non-synonymous mutations in a set of plausible candidate genes and significant differences in their allele frequency distributions across breeds. We identified PDGFD as a likely causal gene for fat deposition in the tails of sheep through transcriptome, RT-PCR, qPCR, and Western blot analyses. Our results provide insights into the demographic history of sheep and a valuable genomic resource for future genetic studies and improved genome-assisted breeding of sheep and other domestic animals.
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