Background After domestication, the evolution of phenotypically-varied sheep breeds has
generated rich biodiversity. This wide phenotypic variation arises as a result of hidden …

Deserts are among the harshest environments on Earth. The multiple ages of different
deserts and their global distribution provide a unique opportunity to study repeated …

The fat tail of sheep is an important organ that has evolved to adapt to extreme
environments. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying the fat tail phenotype remain …

Genetic basis of fat deposition in sheep tail have not been completely elucidated yet.
Understanding the genetic mechanisms controlling fat-tail size can improve breeding …

Different sheep breeds have evolved after initial domestication, generating various tail
phenotypic patterns. The phenotypic diversity of sheep tail patterns offers ideal materials for …

Background A run of homozygosity (ROH) is a consecutive tract of homozygous genotypes
in an individual that indicates it has inherited the same ancestral haplotype from both …

Background Nowadays, both customers and producers prefer thin-tailed fat sheep. To
effectively breed for this phenotype, it is important to identify candidate genes and uncover …

Detailed modeling of a species' history is of prime importance for understanding how natural
selection operates over time. Most methods designed to detect positive selection along …

African sheep manifest diverse but distinct physio-anatomical traits, which are the outcomes
of natural-and human-driven selection. Here, we generated 34.8 million variants from 150 …

Genomic regions subjected to selection frequently show signatures such as within-
population reduced nucleotide diversity and outlier values of differentiation among …