A genome-wide scan for diversifying selection signatures in selected horse breeds.

ABSTRACT: The genetic differentiation of the current horse population was evolutionarily created by natural or artificial selection which shaped the genomes of individual breeds in several unique ways. The availability of high throughput genotyping methods created the opportunity to study this genetic variation on a genome-wide level allowing detection of genome regions divergently selected between separate breeds as well as among different horse types sharing similar phenotypic features. In this study, we used the population differentiation index (FST) that is generally used for measuring locus-specific allele frequencies variation between populations, to detect selection signatures among six horse breeds maintained in Poland. These breeds can be classified into three major categories, including li

SUBMITTER: Gurgul A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6353161 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature