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An examination of positive selection and changing effective population size in Angus and Holstein cattle populations (Bos taurus) using a high density SNP genotyping platform and the contribution of ancient polymorphism to genomic diversity in Domestic cattle

Sean MacEachern*, Ben Hayes, John McEwan and Mike Goddard

BMC Genomics 2009, 10:181 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-181

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Genomic scan of selective sweeps in thin and fat tail sheep breeds for identifying of candidate regions associated with fat deposition

Mohammad Hossein Moradi, Ardeshir Nejati-Javaremi, Mohammad Moradi-Shahrbabak, Ken G Dodds, John C McEwan BMC Genetics 2012, 13:10 (26 February 2012)

Three novel regions associated with fat deposition in thin and fat tailed sheep have been identified from a genome-wide scan of selective sweeps using 50,000 SNPs from the Ovine HapMap project

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Application of site and haplotype-frequency based approaches for detecting selection signatures in cattle

Saber Qanbari, Daniel Gianola, Ben Hayes, Flavio Schenkel, Steve Miller, Stephen Moore, Georg Thaller, Henner Simianer BMC Genomics 2011, 12:318 (16 June 2011)

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Unlocking the bovine genome

Ross L Tellam, Danielle G Lemay, Curtis P Van Tassell, Harris A Lewin, Kim C Worley, Christine G Elsik BMC Genomics 2009, 10:193 (24 April 2009)

This article is part of a collection on Bovine: the companion...

An extensive collaboration involving over 300 scientists from 25 different countries has analyzed the draft genome sequence of cattle, yielding insights into ruminant evolution and domestication and providing an invaluable research resource for the beef and dairy industries.

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The cattle genome reveals its secrets

David W Burt Journal of Biology 2009, 8:36 (24 April 2009)

Burt discusses the impact of the recently sequenced Bovine genome on our understanding of bovine phylogeny and the genomics of domestication.