Assessing the spatial dependence of adaptive loci in 43 European and Western Asian goat breeds using AFLP markers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the past decades, neutral DNA markers have been extensively employed to study demography, population genetics and structure in livestock, but less interest has been devoted to the evaluation of livestock adaptive potential through the identification of genomic regions likely to be under natural selection.

Methodology/principal findings

Landscape genomics can greatly benefit the entire livestock system through the identification of genotypes better adapted to specific or extreme environmental conditions. Therefore we analyzed 101 AFLP markers in 43 European and Western Asian goat breeds both with Matsam software, based on a correlative approach (SAM), and with Mcheza and Bayescan, two FST based software able to detect markers carrying signatures of natural s

SUBMITTER: Colli L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907386 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature