Genome-Wide Signatures of Selection Detection in Three South China Indigenous Pigs.

ABSTRACT: South China indigenous pigs are famous for their superior meat quality and crude feed tolerance. Saba and Baoshan pigs without saddleback were located in the high-altitude area of Yunnan Province, while Tunchang and Ding'an pigs with saddleback were located in the low-altitude area of Hainan Province. Although these pigs are different in appearance, the underlying genetic differences have not been investigated. In this study, based on the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes of 124 samples, both the cross-population extended haplotype homozygosity (XP-EHH) and the fixation index (F_ST) statistic were used to identify potential signatures of selection in these pig breeds. We found nine potential signatures of selection detected simultan

SUBMITTER: Diao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6563113 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature