Genetic structure of South African Nguni (Zulu) sheep populations reveals admixture with exotic breeds

• Mokhethi Matthews Selepe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mokhethi Matthews Selepe, Simone Ceccobelli

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture, University of Zululand, Kwadlangezwa, South Africa

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• Simone Ceccobelli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mokhethi Matthews Selepe, Simone Ceccobelli

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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• Emiliano Lasagna ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: emiliano.lasagna@unipg.it

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-2921

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• Nokuthula Winfred Kunene

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture, University of Zululand, Kwadlangezwa, South Africa

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