Whole genome structural analysis of Caribbean hair sheep reveals quantitative link to West African ancestry

• Gordon L. Spangler,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Benjamin D. Rosen ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ben.rosen@ars.usda.gov

  Affiliation Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9395-8346

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• Moses Babatunde Ilori,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Olivier Hanotte,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Eui-Soo Kim,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Acceligen of Recombinetics Incorporated, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Tad S. Sonstegard,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Acceligen of Recombinetics Incorporated, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Joan M. Burke,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Booneville, Arkansas, United States of America

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• James L. M. Morgan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Katahdin Hair Sheep International, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

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• David R. Notter,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Curtis P. Van Tassell

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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