Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the genetic relationships among five Swedish sheep breeds using insertional polymorphisms of six endogenous Jaagsiekte retroviruses of sheep. Although the Swedish breeds were found to have genomes of primitive' origin, there also are indications of the presence of more recently derived sheep breeds within the ancestries of three of the breeds.

Keywords

enJSRV; ancestries; Swedish breeds

Published in

Animal Genetics
2015, Volume: 46, number: 2, pages: 220-223

SLU Authors

• Mukiibi, Robert

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Rochus, Christina

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA)
  • ParisTech, Paris Institute of Technology

• Andersson, Göran

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Johansson, Anna Maria

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Genetics and Breeding


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/age.12264

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/68028