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The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution
Abstract Sheep was one of the first domesticated animals in Neolithic West Eurasia. The zooarchaeological record suggests that domestication first took place in Southwest Asia, although much remains unresolved about the precise location(s) and timing(s) of earliest domestication, or the post-domestication history of sheep.
Damla Kaptan, Gözde Atağ, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Pedro Morell Miranda, Ali Akbaba, Eren Yüncü, Aleksey Buluktaev, Mohammad Foad Abazari, Sevgi Yorulmaz, Duygu Deniz Kazancı, Ayça Küçükakdağ Doğu, Yasin Gökhan Çakan, Rana Özbal, Fokke Gerritsen, Bea De Cupere, Refik Duru, Gülsün Umurtak, Benjamin S Arbuckle, Douglas Baird, Özlem Çevik, Erhan Bıçakçı, Can Yumni Gündem, Evangelia Pişkin, Lamys Hachem, Kayra Canpolat, Zohre Fakhari, Maria Ochir-Goryaeva, Viktoria Kukanova, Hamid Reza Valipour, Javad Hoseinzadeh, Fatma Küçük Baloğlu, Anders Götherström, Eleftherios Hadjisterkotis, Thierry Grange, Eva-Maria Geigl, İnci Z Togan, Torsten Günther, Mehmet Somel, Füsun Özer   +38 more
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Spatial Associations of Livestock Guardian Dogs and Domestic Sheep

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2019
Livestock guardian dogs (Canis lupus familiaris; LGDs) have been used for centuries to protect livestock, primarily domestic sheep (Ovis aries), from depredation by large carnivores.
Julie Young, John P. Draper, Daniel Kinka   +2 more
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Genetic diversity of domestic sheep [PDF]

, 2017
Domestic sheep are raised for meat, milk and fibre production and are found all around the world in many types of environments. Sheep have been shown to be genetically diverse but this genetic diversity has not been fully described: there are still many sheep populations which have not yet been studied.
Rochus, Christina Marie
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Mitochondrial DNA diversity of modern, ancient and wild sheep(Ovis gmelinii anatolica) from Turkey: new insights on the evolutionary history of sheep. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
In the present study, to contribute to the understanding of the evolutionary history of sheep, the mitochondrial (mt) DNA polymorphisms occurring in modern Turkish native domestic (n = 628), modern wild (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) (n = 30) and ancient ...
Sevgin Demirci, Evren Koban Baştanlar, Nihan Dilşad Dağtaş, Evangelia Pişkin, Atilla Engin, Füsun Ozer, Eren Yüncü, Sükrü Anıl Doğan, Inci Togan   +8 more
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Evidence for independent domestication of sheep mtDNA lineage A in India and introduction of lineage B through Arabian sea route

Scientific Reports, 2021
India ranks the second in the world in terms of its sheep population with approximately 74.26 million represented by 44 well-described breeds in addition to several non-descript populations.
Ranganathan Kamalakkannan, Satish Kumar, Karippadakam Bhavana, Vandana R. Prabhu, Carolina Barros Machado, Hijam Surachandra Singha, Dhandapani Sureshgopi, Vincy Vijay, Muniyandi Nagarajan   +8 more
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Behavioural Indicators of Intra- and Inter-Specific Competition: Sheep Co-Grazing with Guanaco in the Patagonian Steppe

Animals, 2021
In extensive livestock production, high densities may inhibit regulation processes, maintaining high levels of intraspecific competition over time. During competition, individuals typically modify their behaviours, particularly feeding and bite rates ...
Tomás Fernández, Alex Lancaster, Claudio A. Moraga, Sergio Radic-Schilling, Achaz von Hardenberg, Paulo Corti   +5 more
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Rumen protozoa in South African sheep with a summary of the worldwide distribution of sheep protozoa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2011
Protozoa species were identified in rumen contents of four domestic sheep (Ovis aries) from South Africa. All animals were fed a forage diet which consisted of 50% lucerne and 50% teff hay.
Dirk Booyse, Burk A. Dehority
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First Report of Chlamydia Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in Domestic Black-Boned Sheep and Goats in China

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
The Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Chlamydia cause a wide range of diseases in humans and animals. The seroprevalence of Chlamydia in domestic black-boned sheep and goats in China is unknown.
Li-Xiu Sun, Qin-Li Liang, Xiao-Hui Hu, Zhao Li, Jian-Fa Yang, Feng-Cai Zou, Xing-Quan Zhu   +6 more
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Incorporating foray behavior into models estimating contact risk between bighorn sheep and areas occupied by domestic sheep

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014
Respiratory disease epidemics are considered a primary factor limiting bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations in most of the western United States. Diverse sources of evidence indicate that domestic sheep harbor pathogens that cause fatal pneumonia ...
Joshua M. O'brien, Chans S. O'brien, Clinton MCcarthy, Tim E. Carpenter   +3 more
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Deep Genome Resequencing Reveals Artificial and Natural Selection for Visual Deterioration, Plateau Adaptability and High Prolificacy in Chinese Domestic Sheep

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Sheep were one of the earliest domesticated animals. Both artificial and natural selection during domestication has resulted in remarkable changes in behavioral, physiological, and morphological phenotypes; however, the genetic mechanisms underpinning ...
Weimin Wang, Xiaoxue Zhang, Xiang Zhou, Xiang Zhou, Yangzi Zhang, Yongfu La, Yu Zhang, Chong Li, Youzhang Zhao, Fadi Li, Fadi Li, Fadi Li, Bang Liu, Zhihua Jiang   +13 more
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