Characterization of 37 breed-specific single-nucleotide polymorphisms in sheep.
We identified 37 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in sheep and screened 16 individuals from 8 different sheep breeds selected throughout Europe. Population genetic measures based on the genotyping of about 30 sheep from the same 8 breeds are reported. To date, there are no sheep SNPs documented in the National Center for Biotechnology Information dbSNP database. Therefore, the markers presented here contribute significantly to those currently available.
Pariset
Lorraine
L
Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy. pariset@unitus.it
Cappuccio
Irene
I
Ajmone-Marsan
Paolo
P
Bruford
Michael
M
Dunner
Susana
S
Cortes
Oscar
O
Erhardt
Georg
G
Prinzenberg
Eva-Maria
EM
Gutscher
Katja
K
Joost
Stephane
S
Pinto-Juma
Gabriela
G
Nijman
Isaäc J
IJ
Lenstra
Johannes A
JA
Perez
Trinidad
T
Valentini
Alessio
A
D000818:Animals; D005060:Europe; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012756:Sheep / Q000235:genetics*