Nature Communications (Jun 2020)
Whole-genome resequencing of wild and domestic sheep identifies genes associated with morphological and agronomic traits
- Xin Li,
- Ji Yang,
- Min Shen,
- Xing-Long Xie,
- Guang-Jian Liu,
- Ya-Xi Xu,
- Feng-Hua Lv,
- Hua Yang,
- Yong-Lin Yang,
- Chang-Bin Liu,
- Ping Zhou,
- Peng-Cheng Wan,
- Yun-Sheng Zhang,
- Lei Gao,
- Jing-Quan Yang,
- Wen-Hui Pi,
- Yan-Ling Ren,
- Zhi-Qiang Shen,
- Feng Wang,
- Juan Deng,
- Song-Song Xu,
- Hosein Salehian-Dehkordi,
- Eer Hehua,
- Ali Esmailizadeh,
- Mostafa Dehghani-Qanatqestani,
- Ondřej Štěpánek,
- Christina Weimann,
- Georg Erhardt,
- Agraw Amane,
- Joram M. Mwacharo,
- Jian-Lin Han,
- Olivier Hanotte,
- Johannes A. Lenstra,
- Juha Kantanen,
- David W. Coltman,
- James W. Kijas,
- Michael W. Bruford,
- Kathiravan Periasamy,
- Xin-Hua Wang,
- Meng-Hua Li
Affiliations
- Xin Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Ji Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Min Shen
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Xing-Long Xie
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Guang-Jian Liu
- Novogene Bioinformatics Institute
- Ya-Xi Xu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Feng-Hua Lv
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Hua Yang
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Yong-Lin Yang
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Chang-Bin Liu
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Ping Zhou
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Peng-Cheng Wan
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Yun-Sheng Zhang
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Lei Gao
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Jing-Quan Yang
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Wen-Hui Pi
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Yan-Ling Ren
- Shandong Binzhou Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
- Zhi-Qiang Shen
- Shandong Binzhou Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
- Feng Wang
- Institute of Sheep and Goat Science, Nanjing Agricultural University
- Juan Deng
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Song-Song Xu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Hosein Salehian-Dehkordi
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Eer Hehua
- Grass-Feeding Livestock Engineering Technology Research Center, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
- Ali Esmailizadeh
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
- Mostafa Dehghani-Qanatqestani
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
- Ondřej Štěpánek
- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- Christina Weimann
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus Liebig University
- Georg Erhardt
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus Liebig University
- Agraw Amane
- Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Addis Ababa University
- Joram M. Mwacharo
- Small Ruminant Genomics, International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- Jian-Lin Han
- CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
- Olivier Hanotte
- LiveGene Program, International Livestock Research Institute
- Johannes A. Lenstra
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
- Juha Kantanen
- Production Systems, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
- David W. Coltman
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
- James W. Kijas
- CSIRO Livestock Industries, St Lucia
- Michael W. Bruford
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cathays Park
- Kathiravan Periasamy
- Animal Production and Health Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency
- Xin-Hua Wang
- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences
- Meng-Hua Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16485-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 16
Abstract
Genetic resources for livestock are valuable for understanding their demography and past selection, and may inform future breeding programs and agricultural improvement. Here, the authors present deep resequencing of 248 wild and domestic sheep, with associated data and analysis.
