A Population Genomics Analysis of the Native Irish Galway Sheep Breed
Gillian P. McHugo, Sam Browett, Imtiaz A. S. Randhawa, Dawn J. Howard, Michael P. Mullen, Ian W. Richardson, Stephen D. E. Park, David A. Magee, Erik Scraggs, Michael Dover, Carolina N. Correia, James Patrick Hanrahan, David Evan MacHugh
This study uses population genomics to analyze the Galway sheep breed, finding gene flow from British Leicester and Suffolk sheep, intermediate genetic diversity, and genomic signatures of selection related to meat and wool production.
Frontiers in Genetics · Oct 8, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics