Detecting loci under recent positive selection in dairy and beef cattle by combining different genome-wide scan methods.

As the methodologies available for the detection of positive selection from genomic data vary in terms of assumptions and execution, weak correlations are expected among them. However, if there is any given signal that is consistently supported across different methodologies, it is strong evidence t...

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Main Authors: Yuri Tani Utsunomiya, Ana Maria Pérez O'Brien, Tad Stewart Sonstegard, Curtis Paul Van Tassell, Adriana Santana do Carmo, Gábor Mészáros, Johann Sölkner, José Fernando Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3655949?pdf=render