A genome-wide scan for selection signatures in Yorkshire and Landrace pigs based on sequencing data.

ABSTRACT: Pigs have experienced dramatic selection due to domestication, which has led to many different phenotypes when compared to their wild counterparts, especially in the last several decades. Currently, genome-wide scans in both cattle and humans showing positive selection footprints have been investigated. However, few studies have focused on porcine selection footprints, particularly on a genome-wide scale. Surveying for selection footprints across porcine genomes can be quite valuable for revealing the genetic mechanisms of phenotypic diversity. Here, we employed a medium sequencing depth (5-20x/site per individual, on average) approach called genotyping by genome reducing and sequencing (GGRS) to detect genome-wide selection signatures of two domestic pig breeds (Yorkshire and Landrace) th

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276287 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature