A genome scan for selection signatures in pigs.

Identifying signatures of selection can provide a straightforward insight into the mechanism of artificial selection and further uncover the causal genes related to the phenotypic variation. Based on Illumina Porcine60KSNP chip data, four complementary methods, Long-Range Haplotype (LRH), Tajima...

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Main Authors: Yunlong Ma, Julong Wei, Qin Zhang, Lei Chen, Jinyong Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Xiangdong Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116850