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ArticleMolecular ecology2025

Genomic Analysis of Hair Sheep From West/Central Africa Reveals Unique Genetic Diversity and Ancestral Links to Breed Formation in the Caribbean.

Pamela Wiener, Juliane Friedrich, Melissa M Marr, Gustave Simo, Vincent N Tanya, Keith T Ballingall, Pavel Flegontov, Benjamin D Rosen, Guillaume Sallé, Gordon Spangler and 4 more

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Article in Molecular ecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Pamela WienerRoslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6129-5795
Juliane FriedrichRoslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Melissa M MarrRoslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Gustave SimoDepartment of Biochemistry, The Faculty of Sciences, The University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon.
Vincent N TanyaCameroon Academy of Sciences, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Keith T BallingallMoredun Research Institute, Midlothian, UK.
Pavel FlegontovDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Benjamin D RosenAnimal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9395-8346
Guillaume SalléUniversity of Tours, ISP, INRAE, Nouzilly, France.
Gordon SpanglerAnimal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
Curtis P Van TassellAnimal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
Mazdak SalavatiRoslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-2451
Félix MeutchieyeDepartment of Zootechnics, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon.
Emily L ClarkRoslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Funding

PROVIDE RABBITS, RATS MICE, HAMSTERS GERBILS, GUINEA PIGS27307C0012 · NIEHS · PI BOLEN, WAYNE · 2007 to 2007
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/10002070Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/D/30002275Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/RL/230001ABiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/OS/C/000012EBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/OS/GC/200012AGates Foundation OPP1127286NIEHS NIH HHS 27307C0012
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Abstract

Cameroon Blackbelly sheep are a domestic breed of hair sheep from West/Central Africa. They are popular with small-holder farmers in Cameroon as they are highly resilient to local environmental challenges and are prolific a-seasonal breeders. The aim of this study was to characterise the genetics of Cameroon Blackbelly sheep in relation to global sheep populations and to investigate their relationship to Caribbean hair sheep. We first examined the genetic diversity of the Cameroon Blackbelly breed relative to global sheep populations using 50K SNP data. We also used whole genome sequence data to further investigate relationships between Cameroon Blackbelly and breeds from Africa and Europe, as well as the Barbados Blackbelly breed from the Caribbean, which is phenotypically similar to Cameroon Blackbelly. ADMIXTURE results based on 50K and WGS data demonstrated both West/Central African and European ancestries for the Barbados Blackbelly sheep. Results from f

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Genetics, PopulationGenetic VariationSheep, DomesticAfrica, CentralAfrica, WesternAnimalsBreedingCameroonCaribbean RegionGenomicsPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSheepadmixturebreed developmenthair sheeplocal ancestry mappingpopulation genomics

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PMID40454862
PMCPMC12717993

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