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Whole Genome Structural Analysis of Caribbean hair sheep reveals quantitative link to West African Ancestry

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posted on 2023-11-30, 07:49 authored by Gordon Spangler

Illumina Ovine 50K data from West African, St Croix, and Bergamesca sheep used in conjunction with data from The International Sheep Genome Consortium to determine the ancestry/origin of Caribbean hair sheep.


Resources in this dataset:

  • Resource Title: WAD_50k.

    File Name: CaribbeanHair_dataset.zip

    Resource Description: Illumina 50k Ovine SNP chip data for St Croix, West African, and Bergamesca sheep.

    Resource Software Recommended: PLINK,url: https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink2

History

Data contact name

Spangler, Gordon

Publisher

Ag Data Commons

Intended use

Animal genomics improvement.

Use limitations

Mention of trade names or commercial products in this article is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the US Department of Agriculture. The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Temporal Extent Start Date

2011-01-01

Temporal Extent End Date

2017-01-01

Frequency

  • irregular

Theme

  • Not specified

ISO Topic Category

  • farming

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

genome; sheep breeds; genome-wide association study; ancestry; Western Africa; sheep; single nucleotide polymorphism

Primary article PubAg Handle

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

Spangler, Gordon (2017). Whole Genome Structural Analysis of Caribbean hair sheep reveals quantitative link to West African Ancestry. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1351110