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Genetic signatures of selection in southern Angolan sheep unravel adaptation fo...
Teixeira, F; Chiaia, H; Sebastino, K; Gaspar, J; Afonso, P; Ngola, S; Simão, C; Casimiro, J; Pires, J; Miguel, A; Dala, E; Pires, M; Nanga, P; Santos, DNatural and artificial selection in African sheep populations has left distinctive genomic signatures. In southern Angola, pastoralist tribes breed fat-tailed sheep adapted to arid and mesic savannas for protein and cultural purposes. This study aims to identify candidate genes associated with productivity and adaptation in these sheep. We sequenced genomes from Namibe (n = 3) and Cunene (n = 5) and compared th...
Date: 2026
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Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora